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It was reported that the patient experienced hepatic dysfunction post therasphere administration.A therasphere y-90 (3.0 gbq) dose vial and a therasphere y-90 (3.5 gbq) was selected for use in the radioembolization procedure.The patient was being treated for hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc).This was a bilobar treatment.The was noted to be multifocal with a total tumor volume of 29.3ml.There was nothing unusual observed during device preparation or the therasphere procedure.Following therasphere administration, liver function tests (lfts) revealed that the patient was experiencing hepatic dysfunction.As a result, the patient was administered reild prophylaxis (prednisolone 10 mg/d, udc 500 mg bid, lwh).There were no further patient complications.
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