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Xiao-Qiang
Huang, Zhi-Qiang Huang, Wei-Dong, Duan, Nin-Xing Zhou, Yu-Quan Feng,
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Hospital of PLA,
Beijing 100853, China
Correspondence to: Xiao-Qaing Huang, The General Hospital of PLA,
28 Fuxing Road, Beijing 100853, China. huangxq@ht.rol.cn.net
Telephone: +86-10-66937343
Received 2001-07-12 Accepted 2001-10-12
Abstract
AIM:
To study the mechanism and treatment of severe biliary complications
arising from hepatic artery embolization(HAE).
METHODS:
Of
seven cases of intra- and extrahepatic biliary damage resulting from
hepatic artery embolization reported since 1987 , 6 patients
suffered from hepatic haemangioma, the other case was due to
injection of TH compound into the hepatic artery during operation.
The hepatic artery was injected with ethanol so as to evaluate the
liver damage in experimental rats.
RESULTS:
All the cases were found to have destructive damage of intra- and
extrahepatic bile duct at the hilum with biliary hepatocirrhosis.
Experimental results revealed necrosis of the liver parenchyma,
especially around the portal tract and obliteration of intrahepatic
bile duct.
CONCLUSIONS:
To
prevent the severe biliary complications of HAE, the use of HAE for
hepatic haemangioma which was widely practiced in China, should be
re-evaluated. Hepatic arterial embolization of hepatic haemangioma
may resulte in severe destructive biliary damages and its
indiscriminate use should be prohibited.
Huang
XQ, Huang ZQ, Duan WD, Zhou NX, Feng YQ. Severe biliary
complications after hepatic artery embolization. World J
Gastroenterol 2002;8(1):119-123
INTRODUCTION
Hepatic
artery embolization (HAE) has been used for the treatment of
malignant tumors of the liver. At present, in Chinese literatures,
HAE has been widely used for liver cancer therapy[1-6].
Recent reports showed that the method has been advocated for the
treatment of liver benign tumors especially in hepatic hemangioma[7-15].
However, the value of HAE as well as the pitfalls of this form of
treatment in hepatic hemangioma have not been fully evaluated. Some
basic differences of hepatic hemodynamics between hepatic hemangioma
and hepatic cell carcinoma[16], may in turn affect the
result of treatment. Severe complications after HAE for hepatic
hemangioma had rarely been mentioned in the literature, therefore,
such kind of non-operative treatment may be taken as an
“innocuous” procedure and it has been used indiscriminately.
Little attention to the biliary complications of HAE has been paid
and the treatment of the biliary complication is a very knotty
problem[17]. We have treated 7 consecutive cases of
severe destructive damages of the bile duct resulting from HAE from
February 1987 to September 1999. In addition, damage of bile duct
after HAE has been testified by a series of animal experiments. This
report reviews our experience in the treatment of severe biliary
complications of HAE and the results of animal experiment.
MATERIALS
AND METHODS
Animal
experiment
Male and female Wistar rats (220g-280g) purchased from the
Laboratory Animal Unit of the General Hospital of PLA, Beijing. All
animals were reared on a standard laboratory diet, and tap water.
They were kept in a room where the temperature (20 ℃±2℃),
humidity (65%-70%), and day : night cycle (12 : 12 light : dark)
were controlled.
Hepatic
artery embolization
Ethanol (100%) was selected as the embolizing agent for the study.
Hepatic artery embolization was performed under inhalant anesthesia.
Branches of the abdominal aorta, and the branches from coeliac
artery to spleen, stomach and duodenum were temporarily ligated.
Ethanol (100%) with small amount of methylene blue was injected into
the abdominal aorta with syringe, 0.2 milliliter ethanol for each
rat. After the injection, the ligated arteries were loosened.
The
animals lost appetite and 3/20 had obstructive jaundice after the
operation. The rats were randomly divided into two groups, ten rats
for each group.
Ten
rats were killed 3 days (group A) after the embolization, the others
were killed after 7 days (group B). Blood samples of Group A, Group
B and control (abdominal operation but without ethanol injection)
were collected for liver function test including glutamic pyruvic
transaminase (GPT), glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT),
biliruin, alkalin phosphatase (ALP) and total bile acid (TBA). At
the same time, the liver was removed and fixed in 10% formalin
solution and embedded in paraffin. The specimens were sectioned and
stained with hematoxylin-eosin (H&E).
Statistical
analysis
The results were expressed as mean mean±SD.E. (mean±SD).
RESULTS
Liver
function changes
Changes of liver function differed among rats with or without
jaundice after the embolization. GPT, GOT, ALP and TBA were
significantly increased after HAE on the 3rd day and 7th day when
compared with the control group, these changes seemed to be
recovered on the 7th day (Table 1).
Table
1 Liver
function changes(mean±SD)
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GPT(U/L)
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GOT(U/L)
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TB(μmol/L)
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DB(μmol/L)
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ALP(U/L)
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TBA(μmol/L)
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Control
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30±8
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63±6
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10±9
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5±5
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146±115
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6±2
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Group
A
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245±191
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443±382
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129±213
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61±99
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104±11
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161±249
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Group
B
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55±67
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233±266
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5±2
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3±1
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243±174
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48±36
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GPT=glutamic
pyruvic transaminase, GOT= glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, TB=
total biliruin, DB= direct bilirubin, ALP= alkalin phosphatase, TBA=
total bile acid.
Pathological
changes
Small yellowish necrosis patches can be seen by naked eyes in some
lobes of the liver of groups A and B.There were small local necrotic
areas in the liver parenchyma of groups A and B, the control group
showed no liver necrosis. Most of the necrosis was located near the
portal triad, the necrotic areas showed eosinophilic staining. The
damaged areas presented coagulation necrosis of hepatocytes, where
the hepatocytes showed uniformly eosinphilic, the liver cell plate
was still visible but the hepatic cell nuclei disappeared. There was
a clear borderline around the necrotic areas after the 7th
day with infiltration of inflammatory cells. Most of the portal
veinules remained normal, but the wall of the surviving artery was
thickened and bile duct disappeared from the portal tract.
Proliferation of small bile ducts was easily seen outside the
necrotic areas (Figure 1). Obliteration of the bile duct with
impairment of biliary drainage was responsible for the above
findings.
Figure
1
Liver necrosis after HAE in rats. The necrotic area is seen near the
portal triad. HE×100
The above findings showed that the liver damage of HAE could
be reproduced in animal experiment. Injecting ethanol through
hepatic artery can certainly result in local necrosis of the liver,
especially the biliary tract in the portal triads of the liver.
Necrosis of portal triads or liver parenchyma will lead to biliary
abscess formation and fibrosis of the liver.
CASE
REPORTS
Case
1
A 55-year-old male was found to have a 4cm×4.5cm hemangioma in the
right lobe of the liver during a routine physial examination in
March 1989. He was advised to have his liver thrombosed. HAE with
iodized oil 10ml and sodium morrhuate 4ml were injected with
Seldinger technique. He felt severe abdominal pain at once after the
injection. Pain was not relieved until 5 days after the embolization.
Intense vomiting appeared 20 min after the embolization, and
persisted for 4 days. Obstructive jaundice appeared after 20 days.
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (PTC) showed changes of the
right and left hepatic duct. Occlusion of extrahepatic bile duct was
noted in July 1989. Ultrasound showed dilatation of the gallbladder
and fluid accumulated around the gallbladder. Gallbladder necrosis
with segmental bile duct necrosis were confirmed at operation on
July 29,1989. Cholecystectomy, partial hepatic bile duct excision
and choledochocholedochostomy with T-tube stenting were performed.
Serum icterus index descended from 90U to 20U with T-tube kept in
place for two years. He was admitted to the General Hospital of PLA,
Beijing, because of biliary cirrhosis, portal hypertension, enlarged
spleen and ascites in 1994. Due to severe hepatocirrhosis, atrophy
of the right lobe of the liver and portal hypertension,
reconstructive biliary operation was deemed to be unsafe unless the
portal pressure has been lowered down. So he was to undergo staged
operation, the first operation consisted of splenectomy and
splenicocaval shunt on June 9, 1994. Hepatocholedocho-jejuostomy was
performed 6 months afterwards. The patient remained well without
jaundice since the last operation.
Case
2
A 55-year-old female was found to have a large mass (5cm×6cm) in
the right lobe of liver in June 1996, but she experienced no
remarkable symptoms. Nevertheless, HAE was performed with ethanol
(100%) following doctor’s advice. The patient suffered from
irregular fever and epigastric pain after the HAE. Ultrasound showed
liver abscess formation two months later. She was still febrile and
appeared toxic in spite of drainage of bile containing pus by a
percutaneous catheter. Laparotomy and liver abscess drainage were
performed three months later. But jaundice reappeared 4 months after
the operation. Computed tomography scan showed left hepatic duct
dilatation, and infective necrotic lesion of unhomogenous density in
the right lobe of the liver. Fistulography through the right liver
drainage tube showed abnormal communication between the drainage
tract and the extrahepatic bile duct, as well as a duodenal fistula.
Hepatectomy, hepatocholedocho-jejunostomy and U-tube stenting were
performed 4 months later in April 1997. Jaundice disappeared after
the operation. The stenting tube was maintained for one and half
years. She recovered after withdrawal of the tube.
Case
3
A 62-year-old woman was found to have an asymptomatic hemangioma
(10cm×9cm) in the right liver by ultrasound in December 1994. HAE
was advised and performed with iodized oil and sodium morrhuate.
Persisted epigastric pain followed the procedure. Ultrasound and CT
showed cystic lesions (5.6cm×6.1cm) in the left lobe of the liver 2
months later (Figure 2). The patient had had repeated attacks of
high fever with chills, and antibiotics administration was not
effective. She was admitted with the diagnosis of biliary
multi-abscesses of the liver. A transcutancous catheter was placed
with drainage of about 180-200 mL bile each day. The last operation
was performed in June 1996. A large amount of bile stained necrotic
tissue along the portal tract on both sides of the liver was
removed. During the operation, the normal intrahepatic ducts were
found destroyed. The right and left liver parenchyma was atrophied
while the caudate lobe became hypertrophied. A fibrous stricture
band was present around the common hepatic duct. The stricture band
was removed and U-tube stents were placed during the operation.
Jaundice disappeared 2 years after the operation.
Figure
2
Biliary abscess of liver after HAE. CT shows multi-abscess along
portal tract.
Case
4
A 24-year-old female was diagnosed having a space occupying lesion
in the right liver. She was operated upon in 1987. Multiple nodular
lesions were found in her right liver, which were supposed to be
metastatic nodules. A nodule was taken for pathological sections,
and the hepatic artery was ligated and methacrylate (TH glue) was
injected through distal end of the hepatic artery during operation.
The postoperative course was very stormy. She developed continued
abdominal pain with high fever and jaundice after the operation. The
abdominal X-ray showed that the branches of the left, and right
hepatic artery and gastroduodenal artery were embolized. However,
the tissues from the right lobe of the liver was inflammotory in
nature pathologically. Seven months later, she was admitted to the
General Hospital of PLA, and PTC showed that stricture of hilar bile
duct and the left hepatic duct with diffuse fibrosis in the
perihilar region and necrosis of the right liver and the gallbadder.
GI examination revealed an internal fistula between the first
portion of duodenum and hepatic hilum. The operation undertaken was
very difficult. However, the intestinal fistula was repaired,
anastomosis of the dilated segment III bile duct and a long
Roux-en-Y jejunal loop was created with a U-tube stent. The tube was
removed 11/2 years later. The patient recovered from the operation.
She delivered a child two years later, but eventually, the patient
died of hepatocellular carcinoma 5 years after the operation.
Case
5
A 60-year-old male was found to have a hepatic hemangioma (5cm×5cm)
in 1994. CT examination in 1998 showed an increase in the size of
the tumor. HAE was advised and performed with iodized oil, steel
wire ring and pingyangmycinum in July 1998. Persistent epigastric
pain occurred for 3 days after the procedure, followed by jaundice
and fever with gray colored stool 20 days later. This condition was
aggravated 4 months later. The patient when seen was suffering from
continual high fever and deep jaundice and was admitted to the
hospital in January 1999. Diagnoses of hepatic abscesses and
gallbadder necrosis after the embolization were made. ERCP showed
extensive hepatic bile duct stricture (Figure 3), which was thought
to be not amenable to surgery. The patient was treated
conservatively.
Figure
3 Intrahepatic
bile duct stricture after HAE. ERCP shows biliary stricture.
Case
6
A 43-year-old female was found to have a liver hemangioma in October
1998. HAE was performed which was complicated by severe abdominal
pain and repeated vomiting for a week, and jaundice occurred 3
months later. Antibiotic therapy was effective. The patient was
admitted with the diagnosis of obstructive jaundice in September
1999. MRI showed gallbladder necrosis perforation and with fluid
collection around it (Figure 4). Intrahepatic bile ducts were
dilated. A hemangioma(3cm×3.5cm) in the right lobe of the liver was
still seen. The gallbladder was found to be necrotic, and the
abscess cavity communicated with the common bile duct as seen at
operation. Cholecystectomy, and T tube stenting were performed.
Jaundice disappeared after the operation.
Figure
4
MRI showed fluid around the gallbladder.
Case 7
A 43-year-old man was found to have a hemangioma of the right liver
during physical examination in June 1993. HAE was advised and was
performed using iodized oil and sodium morrhuate. Serious epigastric
pain occurred immediately after the embolization. Jaundice appeared
in July 1995. He was then operated upon, three coagulated blood
coagula were taken out during choledochostomy. The patient was
reoperated in June 1996. Choledochoenterostomy and drainage of the
III segmental duct were performed in January 1998. An external bile
fistula was formed and biliary drainage of 300 mL was given each day
but jaundice did not subside. The patient was admitted for operation
in September 1999, marked biliary cirrhosis and atrophy of right
lobe were found at operation.
Cholangioenterostomy
of the dilated III segmental duct and T tube stenting were
performed. Jaundice subsided very slowly after the operation.
DISCUSSION
Blood
supply of the hepatic duct and mechanism of bile duct injury in HAE
Branches of intrahepatic bile duct, artery and portal vein come
together in the same Glisson sheath in the portal tract. Arterioles
from the hepatic artery form a dense capillary network around the
bile duct, which is the so-called peribiliary plexus. Therefore,
only a small portion of hepatic arterial blood directly enters the
sinusoids. The blood supply of the bile duct and structure of portal
tract comes completely from hepatic artery. Hence, the intrahepatic
bile duct receives unique nutrient blood supply from the hepatic
artery in contrast to the double blood supply of hepatic cell[18-25].
Therefore, damages of the biliary system are more severe than the
liver cell in hepatic arterial embolization. Clinically, continuous
hepatic artery infusion of FUDR is expected to cause development of
permanent stricture of the biliary system[26]. The
complication was thought to be the result of regional drug toxicity
and biliary vascular embolism. The end result is sclerosing
cholangitis and diffuse fibrosis as well as scarring of biliary
tree. Stapleton et al [27] in the study of the
blood supply of the right and left hepatic ducts found that the
peribiliary plexus of the caudate lobe has bilateral artery blood
supply. This may be the reason for atrophy of right and left lobes
but accompanied with hypertrophy of the caudate lobe after HAE
injury which was consistently found in the cases in this report.
Hemangioma
occurs more frequently in the right liver lobe and stricture of
hilar hepatic duct was found in the HAE of right lobe lesions as
shown in this report. This is explained by the finding that hilar
bile duct blood supply chiefly derived from right hepatic and cystic
arteries[28-30].
Sodium
morrhuate is commonly used as a vascular sclerosing agent[31-33],
but it is a strong irritant, it can cause local tissue necrosis and
inflammation as well as compete occlusion of large blood vessels in
the injecting area. It was used for sclerosing therapy of varicosity
vein and it is scarcely used for HAE. Four cases in this report used
sodium morrhuate as the sclerosent, resulting in liver necrosis and
abscess formation. We are of the opinion that the use of sclerosing
drug as an embolizing agent in HAE is very dangerous.
Ethanol
caused protein coagulation and damage of vascular endothelium which
causes thrombosis and obstruction of blood vessel[34-36].
In this report, one case received ethanol as the embolizing agent.
Animal experiment demonstrated that ethanol causes intrahepatic
biliary obliteration and acute liver focal necrosis in the rat
model.
Surgical
treatment
Cases in this report have the following characteristics of: ①
6/7 cases were hepatic hemangiomas and strong destructive embolizing
agents were employed; ②clinically,
all patients presented persistent abdominal pain following the
procedure; ③all
resulted in extensive hepatic necrosis and damage of the biliary
tree, hepatic biliary abscesses developed after the embolization; ④
damage of the intra- and extra-hepatic biliary system was
destructive, it was difficult to rehabilitate the patients and a
prolonged hospitalization is needed.
Treatment
of the complications after HAE: Liver parenchyma necrosis was
distributed along the portal tract after the HAE. Because of the
disruptive effect of sclerosing agent on the biliary tract and the
focal necrosis liver cells, some of the liver cells near the foci of
necrosis are still secreting bile, the end result is biliary abscess
forming in the necrosed area. The bile duct in its entire course may
be completely destroyed. The damaged hepatic lobe will eventually be
atrophied. Necrosis and fibrous stricture often consequently involve
the hepatic duct bifurcation as well as the left hepatic duct, which
results in obstructive jaundice in the end. In late cases, when
complicated with biliary cirrhosis and portal hypertension,
restorative biliary surgery is very difficult. Under such
conditions, it is our experience that the treatment needs to be
divided into several steps. The first step is the drainage of bile
collection and removal of necrotic tissue to control the infection.
First step of treatment is to improve patients’ general status as
well as the local condition by maintaining biliary drainage.
Treatment of the second step is hepatotomy and necrotic tissue
elimination. If biliary stricture is of perihilar type, operation to
relieve hilar bile duct stricture and Roux-en-Y
hepatocholedocho-jejunostomy and place U tubes for stenting are
neccesary[37-41]. If patients are complicated with
biliary cirrhosis and portal hypertension, preliminary operation of
portal pressure decompression, for example spleno-renal shunt is
often needed before the difficult biliary restoration operation is
attempted[42]. If bile ducts were badly damaged,
bilateral biliary drainage with U tubes is a better alternative.
To
prevent severe biliary complications of HAE, the use of HAE for
hepatic hemangioma should be re-evaluated and the indiscriminate use
of sclerosing agents in HAE should be prohibited.
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