Percutaneous ethanol injection

Percutaneous ethanol injection is a possible treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma.[1] Also used for thyroid and parathyroid disease.[2]

Instead of removing unwanted tissue surgically it is killed with alcohol.[citation needed]It is similar in mechanism to Alcohol septal ablation for heart problems.

## See also

* Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

## References

1. ↑ "Percutaneous ethanol injection for hepatocellular carcinoma: 20-year outcome and prognostic factors". Liver International 32 (9): 1434–42. October 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1478-3231.2012.02838.x. PMID 22712520.
2. ↑ "Percutaneous ethanol injection therapy in the treatment of thyroid and parathyroid diseases". European Journal of Endocrinology 136 (3): 240–50. March 1997. doi:10.1530/eje.0.1360240. PMID 9100545.

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