Carcinoma of the head of the pancreas after excision of a choledochal cyst.
We here report a 53-year-old woman who had undergone resection of a choledochal cyst and hepaticojejunostomy three years before. She was readmitted because of intermittent fever, and abdominal computed tomography revealed a 4-cm tumor in the head of the pancreas. We performed pancreatoduodenectomy, and examination of the resected specimen showed well-differentiated papillary adenocarcinoma. Only 5 cases of carcinoma occurring after the resection of a choledochal cyst have been reported, and to our knowledge, this is the second case of carcinoma of the head of the pancreas.
Kurokawa
Y
Y
Department of Surgery, Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14, Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, Japan.
Hasuike
Y
Y
Tsujinaka
T
T
Kawahara
K
K
Takemasa
I
I
Takeda
Y
Y
Tono
T
T
Kikkawa
N
N
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*