Cholecystitis after yttrium-90 resin microsphere radioembolization treatment: Clinical and pathologic findings

Cholecystitis after yttrium-90 resin microsphere radioembolization treatment: Clinical and pathologic findings

Background: Radioembolization with yttrium microspheres is an established therapeutic modality for primary and secondary hepatic malignancies, with studies demonstrating improved overall survival. There remains a paucity of data on cholecystitis as a complication of radioembolization. We describe a...

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Main Authors: Sagun Parakh, Sivakumar Gananadha, Robert Allen, Desmond Yip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Subjects:
cholecystectomy
gallbladder
interventional oncology
radioembolization
yttrium-90
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958415000512

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