Successful Salvage Chemotherapy with FOLFIRINOX for Recurrent Mixed Acinar Cell Carcinoma and Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas in an Adolescent Patient

Case Rep Oncol. 2013 Sep 28;6(3):497-503. doi: 10.1159/000355320. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

Pancreatic tumors are rare in children and adolescents. Here, we report the case of a 15-year-old boy who presented with a mixed acinar cell carcinoma/ductal adenocarcinoma with blastomatous components. He received multimodal treatment including various chemotherapy regimens and multistep surgery including liver transplantation. Introduction of FOLFIRINOX after relapse repeatedly achieved a durable metabolic and clinical response with good quality of life.

Keywords: Acinar cell carcinoma; Autologous stem cell transplantation; Ductal adenocarcinoma; FOLFIRINOX; Multimodal treatment; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatoblastoma.

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  • Case Reports