CT-guided radiofrequency ablation following high-dose chemotherapy of a liver-metastasizing pancreatoblastoma with tumor thrombus in the portal vein

Pediatr Radiol. 2013 Oct;43(10):1391-5. doi: 10.1007/s00247-013-2698-x. Epub 2013 Jul 5.

Abstract

Pancreatoblastoma is a rare neoplasm encountered most commonly in infants and young children. Unresectable or metastatic tumors have a poor prognosis despite adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy. We report the successful use of CT-guided radiofrequency ablation subsequent to intensive chemotherapy in an 8-year-old girl with liver-metastasizing pancreatoblastoma and with right and segment 4 portal vein tumor thrombosis. She has been in remission for 3 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging*
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology
  • Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Pancreatoblastoma