Diagnostic Pathology (Dec 2009)

Embolization of Cyanoacrylate glue in systemic circulation in a case of hepatocellular carcinoma: an autopsy report

  • Kochhar Rakesh K,
  • Dutta Usha,
  • Vasishta Rakesh K,
  • Gupta Kirti,
  • Singh Kartar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-4-45
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
p. 45

Abstract

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Abstract We report a case of embolism of the sclerosant dye with subsequent formation of foreign-body giant cell reaction within the veins of pulmonary and portal circulation in an autopsy case of hepatocellular carcinoma developing over an underlying primary biliary cirrhosis.