Transarterial embolisation with bleomycin and N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate –Lipiodol mixture for symptomatic polycystic liver disease: preliminary experience

Highlights: • The major technical challenge of TAE for PLD is the selection of embolic materials. • Combination of bleomycin may occlude the smaller branches of the hepatic arteries. • This method leads to the improvement of PLD symptoms and shrinkage of cysts volume. • TAE using the mixture of bleomycin-lipiodol is a safe treatment option. -- Abstract: To evaluate the therapeutic effect and safety of transarterial embolisation using a bleomycin–Lipiodol mixture and N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA)–Lipiodol mixture (BNL) for the treatment of polycystic liver disease (PLD).