title: Whipple's procedure in a renal transplant recipient with polycystic liver disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Polycystic disease is a rare disorder, which most commonly manifests in the kidney and liver. Recently an increased risk for pancreatic malignancies in subsets of patients with polycystic disease has been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a patient with polycystic liver and kidney disease who successfully underwent a Whipple's procedure for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although technical difficulty may increase, pancreaticoduodenectomy can be safely performed in patients with polycystic liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bonatti
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huguet
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stockland
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aranda-Michel
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al Haddad
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dougherty
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kirk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hinder
authors.forename: Justin H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18