Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Detection of Blood Supply from the Right Inferior Phrenic Artery by the Use of Multi-Detector Row CT

Visualization of a tumor feeding vessel from the RIPA on multi-detector row CT could be a clue of a parasitic supply of a large tumor. In patients who have received repeated chemoembolization, small tumors in the dorsal hepatic area can be supplied by the RIPA.