A case report of three synchronous tumors in the same pancreatic specimen

A Giuliani; G Lazzarin; L Romano; G Coletti; V Vicentini; Walid A Fatayer M; M Schietroma; S Valiyeva; F Carlei

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2019.07.001

A case report of three synchronous tumors in the same pancreatic specimen

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2019 Jul 9:44:79-82. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2019.07.001. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Authors

A Giuliani¹, G Lazzarin¹, L Romano¹, G Coletti², V Vicentini¹, Walid A Fatayer M², M Schietroma¹, S Valiyeva¹, F Carlei¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery. Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
² UOC Anatomia Patologica, ASL1 Abruzzo, Ospedale San Salvatore, L'aquila, Italy.

Abstract

It is known that Duodenal adenocarcinoma (DA) is a rare malignant solid tumor that cause occlusion symptoms with orthodox dysphagia when locally advanced. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) account for about 2% of all pancreatic neoplasms. The combination of these two lesions, with the synchronous presence of ectopic pancreatic tissue (EPT) of the duodenum, has never been described in literature, to our knowledge. Here we report a case of combined DA, EPT and PanNET affecting a 71-year-old woman.

Keywords: Duodenal adenocarcinoma (DA); Ectopic pancreatic tissue of the duodenum (EPT); Multiple pancreatic tumors; Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor(PanNET).

Publication types

Case Reports