Interventional radiology cases from the royal hospital for sick children, glasgow: percutaneous metal biliary stent placement for palliation of intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round-cell tumour in a child.
Percutaneous placement of metal biliary stents for palliation of malignant processes affecting the porta hepatis is a well established technique in adults. We describe a case where the technique has been used successfully to treat obstructive jaundice in a ten-year-old boy suffering from intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round-cell tumour.
Irwin
G J
GJ
Department of Radiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill NHS Trust, Glasgow, United Kingdom. greg@irwin007.freeserve.co.uk
Maclennan
A C
AC
Carachi
R
R
D000005:Abdomen; D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D018228:Sarcoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom