Successful treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by combined administration of 5-fluorouracil and pegylated interferon-α

Figure 1 Angiography of the celiac artery before and after TACE was taken on April 15, 2004. Massive tumor stain (small arrow) was exhibited by the celiac arteriography (A). Large arterioportal shunt (big arrow) was exhibited above the massive tumor stain. The right branch of the portal vein was not exhibited by the portography (arrow) (B). The tumor stain disappeared after the TACE (C). The reservoir for intra-arterial infusion was inserted into the proper hepatic artery (D).

Figure 2 Photographs of enhanced dynamic CT in the time course of the combination therapy of PEG-IFN-α and 5-FU on March 29, 2004 (A), June 21, 2004 (B), August 27, 2004 (C) and October 8, 2004 (D). Massive tumor was rapidly reduced during the combination therapy. Only the accumulation of lipiodol remained in the final CT taken on October 8, 2004.