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    <language>eng</language>
    <publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
    <journalTitle>American Journal of Medical Case Reports</journalTitle>
    <eissn>2374-216X</eissn>
    <publicationDate>2022-08-01</publicationDate>
    <volume>10</volume>
    <issue>7</issue>
    <startPage>178</startPage>
    <endPage>180</endPage>
    <doi>10.12691/ajmcr-10-7-4</doi>
    <publisherRecordId>AJMCR20221074</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Perforation after a Percutaneous Biopsy from Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer</title>
    <authors>
      <author>
        <name>Shadin Ghabra</name>
        <email>shadin.ghabra@medstar.net</email>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Fatima Alharmoodi</name>
        <affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Shahbazali Patil</name>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Salem Alharthi</name>
        <affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
      </author>
    </authors>
    <affiliationsList>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of general surgery, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C., USA</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="2">Department of general surgery, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="3">Department of radiology, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), Abu Dhabi, UAE</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="4">Department of general surgery, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), Abu Dhabi, UAE</affiliationName>
    </affiliationsList>
    <abstract language="eng">Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas has a poor prognosis. When distant metastasis occurs in the liver, image-guided percutaneous interventions are crucial for both diagnosis and treatment. In this case report, we describe a 67-year-old male with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and metastatic liver lesions. The lesions were biopsied leading to hemorrhage on post-procedure day seven.</abstract>
    <fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/10/7/4/ajmcr-10-7-4.pdf</fullTextUrl>
    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword>pancreatic cancer</keyword>
      <keyword>liver metastasis</keyword>
      <keyword>biopsy</keyword>
      <keyword>Gelfoam</keyword>
      <keyword>intervention radiology</keyword>
    </keywords>
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