Abstract
A 41-year-old man with gastric adenocarcinoma presented with hepatic metastases. The metastases were refractory to systemic chemotherapy, so radioembolization with 90 Y microspheres was performed. Because of stasis or saturation of the tumor with embolic particles, 79% of the microspheres were injected. At follow-up, the patient complained of "red bumps" that had developed on his right foot/ankle the day after the radioembolization. Because a portion of the dose was still in the catheter when withdrawn from the right femoral artery, the interventional radiologist used a Geiger counter to confirm radioactivity in the cutaneous lesions and thus the distal embolization of the microspheres.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | e422-e423 |
| Journal | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2017 |
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Keywords
- 90 Y
- brachytherapy
- liver metastasis
- radiation dermatitis
- radioembolization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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Punctate radiation dermatitis of the foot and ankle caused by distal embolization of 90Y microspheres during liver directed therapy. / Nia, Benjamin B.; Nia, Emily S; Avery, Ryan J.; Kuo, Phillip H.; Hennemeyer, Charles T.
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AU - Nia, Benjamin B.
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AU - Hennemeyer, Charles T.
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N2 - A 41-year-old man with gastric adenocarcinoma presented with hepatic metastases. The metastases were refractory to systemic chemotherapy, so radioembolization with 90 Y microspheres was performed. Because of stasis or saturation of the tumor with embolic particles, 79% of the microspheres were injected. At follow-up, the patient complained of "red bumps" that had developed on his right foot/ankle the day after the radioembolization. Because a portion of the dose was still in the catheter when withdrawn from the right femoral artery, the interventional radiologist used a Geiger counter to confirm radioactivity in the cutaneous lesions and thus the distal embolization of the microspheres.
AB - A 41-year-old man with gastric adenocarcinoma presented with hepatic metastases. The metastases were refractory to systemic chemotherapy, so radioembolization with 90 Y microspheres was performed. Because of stasis or saturation of the tumor with embolic particles, 79% of the microspheres were injected. At follow-up, the patient complained of "red bumps" that had developed on his right foot/ankle the day after the radioembolization. Because a portion of the dose was still in the catheter when withdrawn from the right femoral artery, the interventional radiologist used a Geiger counter to confirm radioactivity in the cutaneous lesions and thus the distal embolization of the microspheres.
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