title: Primary papillary adenocarcinoma in the third portion of the duodenum.
abstract: We herein report a rare case of papillary adenocarcinoma which occurred in the third portion of the duodenum. The patient was a 62-year-old Japanese male who was admitted due to vomiting and right lower abdominal pain. No abnormal findings were found in the laboratory examinations. After a diagnosis of primary duodenal carcinoma was made by radiologic, endoscopic and ultrasonographic studies, a pancreatoduodenectomy was performed. The histology of the resected specimen revealed papillary adenocarcinoma, with invasion reaching to the pancreatic body. Some characteristic features of the disease are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu Koseinenkin Hospital, Kitakyushu.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dohmen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology