Case Report

Microwave Thermal Ablation in an Unusual Case of Malignant and Locally Advanced Rare Tumor of Pancreas in ASA IV Old Male Patient and Literature Review

Figure 2

(a) Preoperative staging with an abdominal magnetic resonance plus angiography (MRA) with normal superior and inferior mesenteric and splenic artery. (b) CT scan one month after the treatment. The size of the cephalopancreatic lesion decreased from 43 to 35 mm with sign of complete ablation (no contrast medium uptake). (c) CT scan 10-month follow-up. Progression of the pancreatic disease (40 mm from 35 mm) with suspected initial infiltration of duodenum. The arrows in (a), (b), and (c) refer to the cephalopancreatic lesion.
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