Arterial occlusion of the internal iliac artery was successful in the relief of pain due to primary and secondary neoplasms of the bony pelvis in 8 of 9 patients. These included 3 giant cell tumors, l aneurysmal bone cyst, l recurrent chondrosarcoma, 3 metastatic renal cell carcinoma and 1 metastatic clear cell sarcoma. Calcification of the margin of the lesion occurred in 3 of 4 primary neoplasms after infarction. The transcatheter arterial occlusion was accomplished utilizing Gelfoam and stainless steel coils. Although most patients experienced pain and fever for several days following the procedure, no permanent sequelae or complications were encountered.

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The gastroduodenal arteries of 7 patients were occluded for treatment of duodenal bleeding in 4, hepatic devascularization in 2, and redistribution of blood flow for intra-arterial chemotherapy in one patient. In 6 patients, occlusion was performed with Gianturco coils, and with Gelfoam in one. No major complication was encountered. This approach was successful in the control of bleeding from peptic ulcers, arteriovenous malformation and invasion of duodenum by retroperitoneal metastatic lymph nodes from carcinoma of the testicle. Occlusion of the gastroduodenal artery was utilized for further dearterialization of hepatic neoplasms. Redistribution of hepatic blood flow was accomplished by the occlusion of the gastroduodenal and replaced right hepatic arteries allowing infusion of chemotherapeutic agents into the entire liver through the left hepatic artery.

Two patients with leiomyosarcoma of the suprarenal inferior vena cava are presented. In one case the tumour was misinterpreted as intrahepatic at angiography. In the second case an extrahepatic location was suggested after repeated angiography. The diagnosis should be borne in mind when a large hypovascular mass appears to be located centrally in the liver at coeliac angiography and when ultrasound examination has revealed its solid nature.