title: Carcinoma of the head of the pancreas after excision of a choledochal cyst.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14, Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasuike
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujinaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takemasa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tono
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
mesh_terms: 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*