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  • Title: Life-threatening liver laceration with arterial hemorrhage complicating percutaneous treatment of hepatic hydatid cyst.
    Author: Loutfi SI, Arabi MS, Safadi BY, Haddad MC.
    Journal: J Med Liban; 2008; 56(3):185-8. PubMed ID: 18792557.
    Abstract:
    We present a 76-year-old woman known to have a large right hepatic lobe hydatid cyst which recurred twice after surgical excision. CT-guided percutaneous alcohol ablation was conducted to sclerose the cyst, but the procedure was complicated by parenchymal liver laceration and active arterial hemorrhage from a branch of the right hepatic artery. Bleeding was controlled by both endovascular and surgical interventions. Liver laceration with arterial hemorrhage is a rare not previously reported serious complication of percutaneous treatment of hepatic hydatid cyst that may be potentially life-threatening.
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