Adenocarcinoma arising from intrahepatic heterotopic pancreas: a case report and literature review.
Heterotopic pancreas is mostly found incidentally, and adenocarcinoma arising from heterotopic pancreas appears to be extremely rare. A case of a 46-year-old woman with adenocarcinoma arising from intrahepatic heterotopic pancreas is reported herein. Computed tomography demonstrated a mass located in the bile duct of the left hepatic lobe. Pathological examination revealed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma arising from intrahepatic heterotopic pancreas with nerve infiltration. This may be the first reported case of adenocarcinoma arising from intrahepatic heterotopic pancreas.
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Provincial Clinical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, Fujian Province, China.
Mao-Lin
ML
Yan
Yao-Dong
YD
Wang
Yi-Feng
YF
Tian
Ying
Y
Lin
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed