The Sono-Hepatic-Arteriography (Sono-HA) in the assessment of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)

Introduction: Early detection and diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma is important because number, size and type of malignant lesions strongly influence patients' management. Aim of our study was to evaluate the sono-hepatic-arteriography (Sono-HA) in the detection of focal liver lesions in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing TACE and to assess the embolization result. Material and Methods: We evaluated 15 patients (52–79 years, mean 64 years) with histologically proven hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing TACE who subsequentially presented in our institution from February 2006 to May 2008. All pa…