Successful control of liver metastases from pancreatic solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) using hepatic arterial embolization

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2015 Apr;38(2):479-83. doi: 10.1007/s00270-014-0894-1. Epub 2014 May 6.

Abstract

No systemic agents that are known to be effective for the treatment of solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) are available. We report the prolonged and sustained control of metastatic pancreatic SPN to the liver using hepatic arterial embolization (HAE), where a total of 13 HAE sessions were performed over a 6-year period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acrylic Resins / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gelatin / therapeutic use
  • Hepatic Artery*
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Acrylic Resins
  • trisacryl gelatin microspheres
  • Gelatin
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol