Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The complicated management of a patient following transarterial chemoembolization for metastatic carcinoid | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access Case report The complicated management of a patient following transarterial chemoembolization for metastatic carcinoid Andrew C Pearson1 Steven Steinberg2 Manisha H Shah3 and Mark Bloomston 2 Address Department of Surgery Doctors Hospital West Columbus Ohio USA 2Department of Surgery Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus Ohio USA and 3Division of Hematology and Oncology Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus Ohio USA Email Andrew C Pearson - willoperate4food@ Steven Steinberg - Manisha H Shah - Mark Bloomston - Corresponding author Published 25 November 2008 Received 30 June 2008 __ rr. n i oono nr IIOZIUT 7010 Í nr Accepted 25 November 2008 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008 6 125 doi 186 1477-7819-6-125 This article is available from http content 6 1 125 2008 Pearson et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Transarterial Chemoembolization TACE has been recognized as a successful way of managing symptomatic and or progressive hepatic carcinoid metastases not amenable to surgical resection. Although it is a fairly safe procedure it is not without its complications. Case presentation This is a case of a 53 year-old woman with a patent foramen ovale PFO and mild pulmonary hypertension who underwent TACE for progressive carcinoid liver metastases. She developed acute heart failure due to a severe inflammatory response this resulted in pneumatosis intestinalis due to non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia. We describe the successful non-operative management of her pneumatosis intestinalis and the role of a
