Pancreatic Cancer: EUS-guided Fine Needle Aspiration and Celiac Plexus Neurolysis

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Case description

Woman, 75 y-old, with severe abdominal pain. CT scan showed a mass in the head of the pancreas and liver metastases. Indicated EUS for the diagnosis (FNA) and celiac plexus neurolysis (alcohol (100%) + bupivacaine with epinephrine 5%). Biopsy showed ductal adenocarcinoma. The patient remains after the CPN without abdominal pain

tags: abdominal pain Alcohol injection Celiac trunk Endosonography Fine needle biopsy neurolysis pancreas pancreatic cancer


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