Pulmonary lipiodol embolism following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

Tomohiro Moriya; Naoki Kawakami; Yoko Wakai; Hiroaki Saito; Kazuhito Saito

doi:10.1002/rcr2.678

Respirology Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Pulmonary lipiodol embolism following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

Tomohiro Moriya,
Naoki Kawakami,
Yoko Wakai,
Hiroaki Saito,
Kazuhito Saito

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Tomohiro Moriya: Department of Respiratory Medicine Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital Tsuchiura Japan
Naoki Kawakami: Department of Respiratory Medicine Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital Tsuchiura Japan
Yoko Wakai: Department of Respiratory Medicine Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital Tsuchiura Japan
Hiroaki Saito: Department of Respiratory Medicine Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital Tsuchiura Japan
Kazuhito Saito: Department of Respiratory Medicine Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital Tsuchiura Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.678
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 9
pp. n/a – n/a

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Key message Computed tomography of pulmonary lipiodol embolism reveals high‐density areas in the lung field or intrapulmonary blood vessels. One of the risk factors of lipiodol embolism is embolization of the inferior phrenic artery.

Published in Respirology Case Reports

ISSN: 2051-3380 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20513380

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