Selection of the right inferior phrenic artery using a dual-lumen microcatheter in transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma. 2022

Hirokazu Sawamura, and Yasuyuki Onishi, and Tsuyoshi Ohno, and Tomoya Ikeda, and Shuji Yamamoto, and Hiroshi Seno, and Yuji Nakamoto
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.

An 88-year-old woman with a history of multiple hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) presented with a new HCC in segment seven of the liver. We decided to perform transarterial chemoembolization for HCC. During treatment, the HCC was supplied by the right inferior phrenic artery (IPA), which originated from the proximal part of the left gastric artery with a steep bifurcation angle. Due to the very short distance between the origins of the left gastric artery and right IPA, the microguidewire and microcatheter were unstable in the left gastric artery and easily prolapsed into the celiac artery. Although different types of microcatheters were used, the right IPA could not be selected. Therefore, we used a dual-lumen microcatheter (DLM) to select the right IPA. The DLM stabilized the microguidewire in the left gastric artery, and the right IPA was successfully selected. Subsequently, transarterial chemoembolization was administered using a branch of the right IPA. Given this experience, we will consider using a DLM as an alternative method for selecting an abdominal artery when other techniques are unsuccessful.

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