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Figure 2. DSM-TACE for bridging to liver transplantation. 36 years-old female with HBV/HDV related hepatic cirrhosis, Child B9, MELD 18, complicated by portal hypertension. (A) Arterial phase CT shows a HCC nodule in segment II (diameter 3.5 cm) and an hemangioma in segment VIII. (B) Follow up CT after surgical left lobectomy shows multinodular HCC recurrence in the right liver lobe. (C) Late phase angiography before DSM-TACE of the whole residual liver confirms some small hypervascular nodules next to the hemangioma. The patient underwent successful liver transplantation two months later.