Successful Multimodal Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer With Extensive Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis Utilizing Chemotherapy Combined With Direct Oral Anticoagulant

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2024 Mar 7

PMID 38449979

Authors

Kei Harada

Takahisa Fujikawa

Taisuke Matsuoka

Yusuke Uemoto

Norio Emoto

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Abstract

It is well known that portal vein thrombosis (PVT) sometimes occurs in pancreatic cancer (PC). However, no effective treatment plan for PVT in PC patients has yet been proposed. We experienced a successfully treated case of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (PC-BR) with extensive superior mesenteric vein thrombosis utilizing intensive chemotherapy combined with direct oral anticoagulant. The thrombus disappeared and the tumor shrank, enabling curative surgery, and long-term survival for more than five years has been achieved. We report this successful case that we experienced as an option for the treatment of PC-BR with PVT in the future era when multimodal treatment is important.

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