[A Case of Synchronous Multi-Centric Invasive Ductal Carcinomas of the Pancreas]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2016 Nov;43(12):1991-1993.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 69-year-old man with left upper abdominal pain visited our hospital. Abdominal CT revealed a hypovascular mass(66× 57mm)in the pancreatic tail. MRI revealed hemorrhage and cysts in the caudal lesion of the tumor. The tumor involved the posterior wallof the stomach. Based on a diagnosis of pancreatic tailcancer with gastric posterior wallinvasion, distalpancreatectomy and partialgastrectomy were performed. Histopathologicalexamination indicated 2 adjacent tumors through a capsule in the pancreas tail. These tumors were diagnosed as synchronous invasive ductal carcinomas of the pancreas, which were anaplastic and papillary carcinomas. We report a rare case of synchronous multi-centric invasive ductalcarcinomas of the pancreas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous* / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous* / surgery
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal* / complications
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / complications
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery