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Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Palliation of Uterine Body Cancer Bleeding

자궁체부암 출혈에 대한 보존적 치료로써의 경카테터 동맥 색전술

  • Jaeyeon Choi (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Ji Hoon Shin (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Hee Ho Chu (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
  • 최재연 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 신지훈 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 추희호 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 영상의학과)
  • Received : 2022.05.06
  • Accepted : 2022.08.06
  • Published : 2023.05.01

Abstract

Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for bleeding due to uterine body cancer. Materials and Methods In this retrospective study, six patients with varying types of uterine body cancer who underwent TAE for bleeding control were investigated. Angiographic findings, cross-sectional images, TAE details, and clinical outcomes were studied. Technical and clinical success rates were calculated. Results The identified patients had endometrioid adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, and gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, and most were patients with advanced-stage cancer. In four patients, tumor bleeding presented as vaginal bleeding. Technical success was achieved in all seven TAE procedures in six patients. Two patients with recurrent masses who had undergone hysterectomy presented with hematochezia, and TAE was able to provide technical success in these patients as well. The clinical success rate was 50%, indicating bleeding control for > 1 week. Rebleeding was directly associated with death in one patient. On the following day, mild fever was observed in one patient. Conclusion TAE can be considered an effective and safe method of bleeding control for uterine body cancer, especially during critical periods throughout the disease course of patients with inoperable, advanced-stage cancer.

목적 자궁체부암 출혈에 대한 경카테터 동맥 색전술의 효과와 안전성을 평가하였다. 대상과 방법 20년 동안 자궁체부암 출혈로 경카테터 동맥 색전술(transcatheter arterial embolization; 이하 TAE)을 시행 받은 여섯 명의 환자들의 자료를 후향적으로 수집하였다. 혈관조영술 및 단면 영상 소견, TAE의 세부사항과 임상 경과를 탐구하였으며, TAE의 기술적, 임상적 성공률(technical and clinical success rate)을 각각 계산하였다. 결과 환자군은 자궁내막양 선암종, 육종, 그리고 임신융모종양으로 이루어졌으며, 대부분이 말기 암 환자들이었다. 출혈은 네 명의 환자에서 질출혈로 나타났다. 여섯 명의 환자들에서 일곱 번의 TAE가 시행되었고, 모든 TAE 시술에서 기술적 성공이 달성되었다. 자궁절제술을 받은 두 명의 환자들에서는 골반강 내 재발한 종양의 출혈이 혈변으로 나타났고, 이 환자들에서도 TAE는 기술적 성공을 보였다. 임상적 성공률은 50%로 절반의 환자에서 일주일 이상 출혈 조절이 되었다. 재출혈은 한 명의 환자에서 사망과 직접적으로 연관되었다. 한 명의 환자에서 시술 다음 날 경미한 부작용이 있었다. 결론 TAE는 자궁체부암 출혈에 대한 효과적이고 안전한 방법이며 특히 진행암, 말기암 환자들의 질병 경과 중의 위험한 시기에서 고려될 수 있다.

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