Chemoembolization and percutaneous ethanol injection for intrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatic resection.

Background/aims: Management of 36 patients who developed intrahepatic recurrence (IHR) after curative hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was studied.

Materials And Methods: IHRs were classified into type I with a solitary lesion (n = 16), type II with 2-4 lesions (n = 11), and type III with > or = 5 lesions (n = 11).

Results: Periodic angiography and Lipiodol CT first detected IHRs in six patients.