Primary papillary adenocarcinoma in the third portion of the duodenum.
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.
Ishibashi
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Y
Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu Koseinenkin Hospital, Kitakyushu.
Dohmen
K
K
Omori
F
F
Yamano
Y
Y
Nagano
M
M
Asami
S
S
Nakashima
K
K
Ishibashi
H
H
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