A repeated pancreatectomy in the remnant pancreas 22 months after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
We report a case of a repeated curative pancreatic resection in the remnant distal pancreas 22 months after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PpPD). The patient was a 52-year-old woman with a past history of PpPD for adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas 22 months prior to the present operation. The original tumor was histopathologically diagnosed as a papillary adenocarcinoma with clear surgical margin at the surgical cut end of the pancreas (R0, International Union Against Cancer [UICC] classification). Twenty months after the PpPD, a follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan showed multiple low-density lesions in the body and tail of the pancreas without any other distant metastasis. A second operation, curative resection of the remnant pancreas, with splenectomy and distal gastrectomy, was performed. The second tumor was a papillary adenocarcinoma, the same diagnosis as that of the first tumor, and it also showed similar histopathological findings, including immunohistochemical staining of Ki-67 and p53 protein, and the same pattern of K-ras point mutation. The patient is considered to have shown a rare, unique pancreatic cancer with metachronous carcinogenesis in the remnant pancreas.
Wada
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K
First Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.
Takada
T
T
Yasuda
H
H
Amano
H
H
Yoshida
M
M
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005260:Female; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D017354:Point Mutation; D012086:Reoperation; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53