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.