두경부암 환자에서 발생된 항암치료 관련 대량출혈 및 동맥색전술을 이용한 성공적 지혈에 대한 치험례

A Chemotherapy-Related Bleeding and Successful Hemostasis Using Coil Embolization for Head and Neck Cancer Patient

The goals of palliative chemotherapy are to improve overall survival and the quality of life through relief of symptoms. On the other hand, chemotherapy has many side effects, such as, myelosupression, neuropathy, gastro-intestinal symptoms, and infertility. On the many known side effects of chemotherapy, bleeding occurs in approximately 6-10% of patients with advanced cancer. Most of bleeding associated with chemotherapy is due to local vessel damage and systemic process, such as, disseminatated intravascular coagulopathy or abnormalities in platelet function or number. This symptom led to worse progression of quality of life and severe stress state in patient and their attendant. Here, the authors report a case of chemotherapy-related bleeding in maxillary cancer patient and successful achievement of hemostasis using interventional endovascular therapy.