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2022 Sep 30


Medicine (Baltimore)


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Cholesterol crystal embolism in multiple organs after transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: An autopsy case report.

Authors

Yamashita J, Nosaka T, Takahashi K, Naito T, Ofuji K, Matsuda H, Ohtani M, Hiramatsu K, Kobayashi M, Nakamoto Y
Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Sep 30; 101(39):e30769.
PMID: 36181036.

Abstract

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) rarely causes cholesterol crystal embolism (CCE). In our case, the histological findings suggested that the onset of CCE occurred at different time points in different organs.