[A resected case of non-invasive type of intraductal papillary mucinous carcinoma penetrating to the duodenum]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2010 Nov;37(12):2376-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 74-year-old man was admitted to a nearby clinic complaining of high fever. Abdominal CT showed a 10 mm diameter cystic mass in the head of pancreas and dilation of the pancreatic duct. Endoscopy revealed a fistula filled with mucin in the posterior wall of the duodenum. The patient was referred to our institution for a surgical resection. Endoscopic ultrasonography revealed dilation of the pancreatic duct and also mural nodules in the pancreatic duct, ERP demonstrated a fistula from the pancreatic duct to the duodenum. Biopsied specimen from the papillary nodule in the pancreatic duct showed adenoma. We performed pancreaticoduodenectomy for main-duct IPMN penetrating to the duodenum. Pathological findings showed a non-invasive type of IPMC. Furthermore, a cancer invasion to the duodenum was not detected. These findings suggest that the increased pressure within the pancreatic duct caused a fistula to the duodenum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / surgery
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / complications
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / surgery
  • Duodenal Diseases / etiology*
  • Duodenum / pathology
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology*
  • Male
  • Pancreatic Fistula / etiology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy