Whipple's procedure in a renal transplant recipient with polycystic liver disease.
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.
Bonatti
Hugo
H
Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
Huguet
Kevin
K
McLaughlin
Sarah
S
Stockland
Andrew
A
Aranda-Michel
Jaime
J
Al Haddad
Mohamed
M
Dougherty
Marjorie
M
Fitzpatrick
Peter
P
Kim
George
G
Martin
Kirk
K
Hinder
Ronald
R
Nguyen
Justin H
JH
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
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18