Onset of fever a few days after the procedure of chemoembolization. 99mTc-HMPAO-WBC scintigraphy
Teaching Case Visit Teaching Case
Case presentation:
- Female.
- 70 y.o.
- Onset of fever a few days after the procedure of chemoembolization.
- May 2000: liver transplantation because of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
- August 2007: percutaneous trans-arterial chemo-embolization for relapse of HCC.
- Onset of fever a few days after the procedure of chemoembolization.
Teaching points:
- Radionuclide imaging for suspected infection in the abdominal area should always be completed with abdominal SPECT-CT, in order to correctly identify and localize the anatomical site if the infective focus.