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Origins of Feeding Arteries of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Located Near the Umbilical Fissure of the Left Hepatic Lobe: Angiographic Evaluation

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Purpose

To analyze the origins of the feeding arteries of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) near the umbilical fissure of the left hepatic lobe.

Methods

Twenty-eight HCCs with a mean ± SD tumor diameter of 3.4 ± 1.0 cm (range 1–4.4 cm) in contact with the right or left side of the umbilical fissure were treated by superselective transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). The origins of the tumor-feeding arteries were analyzed with arteriograms and computed tomography or cone-beam computed tomography images obtained during and 1 week after TACE.

Results

Twenty-one HCC lesions were located in segment 3 and seven were located in segment 4. Of 21 tumors in segment 3, 13 (61.9%) were supplied by the lateral inferior subsegmental artery (A3), three (14.3%) by the medial subsegmental artery (A4), three (14.3%) by both A4 and A3, one (4.8%) by a branch arising from the left lateral hepatic artery, and one (4.8%) by a branch of the right gastric artery. In particular, all tumor-feeding branches arising from A4 were the first branch of A4. Of seven tumors in segment 4, four (57.1%) were supplied by A4 and three (42.9%) by A3. In particular, all tumor-feeding branches arising from A3 were the first branch of A3.

Conclusion

This study demonstrates crossover blood supply to HCC lesions located near the umbilical fissure, in addition to direct feeding from a separate branch. In particular, the first branch of the opposite subsegmental artery may feed tumors when crossover blood supply is present.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fukuiken Saiseikai Hospital, 7-1, Funabashi, Wadanaka-cho, Fukui, 918-8503, Japan

    Shiro Miyayama, Masashi Yamashiro, Yoshihiro Shibata, Masahiro Hashimoto, Miki Yoshida, Kazunobu Tsuji & Fumihito Toshima

  2. Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, 920-8641, Japan

    Osamu Matsui

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Miyayama, S., Yamashiro, M., Shibata, Y. et al. Origins of Feeding Arteries of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Located Near the Umbilical Fissure of the Left Hepatic Lobe: Angiographic Evaluation. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 35, 1380–1387 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-011-0328-2

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