Open AccessCryoablation for liver metastasis from solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: A case report
Author(s) -
Yangyang Ma,
Jibing Chen,
Juanjuan Shi,
Lizhi Niu,
Kan Xu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i2.398
Subject(s) - medicine , cryoablation , metastasis , pancreas , carcinoembryonic antigen , pancreatic tumor , radiology , liver tumor , hepatocellular carcinoma , pancreatic cancer , ablation , cancer
Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of the pancreas is a rare pancreatic tumor and 10% to 15% of cases are associated with metastasis. Cryoablation is a new method that can induce tumor necrosis, and treatment of tumors by cryoablation can cause anti-tumor immune responses.