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Aujla AK, Averbukh LD, Gill G, et al. Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation in Hepatocelluar Carcinoma. Cureus. 2020;12(1):e6811doi: 10.7759/cureus.6811.
Aujla, A. K., Averbukh, L. D., Gill, G., & Swales, C. (2020). Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation in Hepatocelluar Carcinoma. Cureus, 12(1), e6811. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6811
Aujla, Amreet K, et al. "Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation in Hepatocelluar Carcinoma." Cureus vol. 12,1 (2020): e6811. doi: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6811
Aujla AK, Averbukh LD, Gill G, Swales C. Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation in Hepatocelluar Carcinoma. Cureus. 2020 Jan 29;12(1):e6811. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6811. PMID: 32140367; PMCID: PMC7047935.
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Cureus. 2020 Jan 29;12(1):e6811. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6811.

Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation in Hepatocelluar Carcinoma.

Cureus

Amreet K Aujla, Leon D Averbukh, Guneetinder Gill, Colin Swales

Affiliations

  1. Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA.
  2. Internal Medicine, Baba Farid University of Health and Sciences, Dayanand Medical Hospital and College, Ludhiana, IND.
  3. Gastroenterology, University of Connecticut, Hartford, USA.

PMID: 32140367 PMCID: PMC7047935 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.6811

Abstract

Microwave ablation (MWA) has become a popular therapeutic technique in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) alongside cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, and liver resection/transplantation in patients with limited tumor burden. Generally well tolerated, and not as invasive as surgery, the technique results in low mortality and complication rates. We report the exceedingly rare complication of hepatic artery thrombosis with subsequent fatal ischemia of the left hepatic lobe in a 64-year-old female with cirrhosis and HCC who underwent MWA.

Copyright © 2020, Aujla et al.

Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma; microwave ablation; portal vein thrombosis

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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