title: CT-guided radiofrequency ablation following high-dose chemotherapy of a liver-metastasizing pancreatoblastoma with tumor thrombus in the portal vein.
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.
authors.affiliation: Center of Minimally Invasive Intervention, Beijing You-an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China, jiashengzheng@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Jiasheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Honghai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents