Balloon-occluded transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma

Figure 3 A 74-year-old woman with hepatitis-C related multiple hepatocellular carcinoma. A: Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed that multiple HCC nodules were observed, aggregated at segment 8 (white arrowhead); B: Computed tomography showed that the dense lipiodol emulsion (LE) accumulations (red arrowhead) were observed just after balloon-occluded transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (B-TACE) for multiple HCC; C: We carried out additional B-TACE because local recurrence was detected on follow-up CT. Favorable LE accumulations were observed just after additional B-TACE (yellow arrowhead); D: Three month after additional B-TACE, local recurrence was not observed, and the LE accumulations were shrinking (black arrowhead). HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.