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

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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.

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  1. Center of Minimally Invasive Intervention, Beijing You-an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People’s Republic of China

    Jiasheng Zheng, Honghai Zhang, Yu Sun & Bin Sun

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Zheng, J., Zhang, H., Sun, Y. et al. CT-guided radiofrequency ablation following high-dose chemotherapy of a liver-metastasizing pancreatoblastoma with tumor thrombus in the portal vein. Pediatr Radiol 43, 1391–1395 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-013-2698-x

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