PEI therapy (PEIT) has been used for ablation of focal tumors, especially HCC, in Japan.5,6 Alcohol causes tissue destruction by intracellular diffusion, dehydration of intercellular proteins, and consequent coagulation necrosis.
Results:28cases werefound to have hepaticperfusiondisorders(21.1%, 28/133). The common cause was HCC(22.5%, 20/89), especiallyHCC with portal vein tumor thrombus(46.2%, 12/26).