title: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the pregnant patient: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this case report, the authors discuss the presentation and treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in a pregnant woman. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is extremely rare in the pregnant patient. Only three cases of pancreatic adenocarcinoma diagnosed antepartum have been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report and a review of the literature are reported.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors report a case of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in a pregnant woman at 17 weeks' gestation. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with stent placement and a pancreaticoduodenectomy were performed successfully.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is very rare in the pregnant patient. However, pancreaticoduodenectomy can be performed successfully. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a pregnant woman treated with pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22906-0005, USA.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Blackbourne
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Iezzoni
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic