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Can a pre cancerous pancreatic cyst pe treated with etoh injection?

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No: Ethanol injections have been used in small liver lesions and occassionally other isolated but small tumors with questionable advantage. Injecting into a pancreatic cyst might induce an inflammatory process leading to pancreatitis. If the cyst is small and precancerous, excision is the optimum approach.

Answered 6/13/2014

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Can a pre cancerous pancreatic cyst pe treated with etoh injection?

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