[A case of liver metastasis of mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma treated with various loco-regional cancer therapies].

Abstract

Mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma of pancreas is a very rare tumor. We report a 60s female patient with pancreatic mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma and liver metastasis. The patient admitted for further examination of pancreatic head mass. Computed tomography scan of abdomen showed a large tumor in pancreatic head and liver tumor. Angiography revealed a presence of embolism in portal vein. We conducted a pylorus-preserved pancreatoduodenectomy with resection of the portal vein on the diagnosis of acinar cell carcinoma by fine needle aspiration biopsy. Pathological examination showed a mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma. Following the operation, the liver metastasis was controlled with various loco-regional cancer therapies.

• Authors: Takafumi Nishii, Ryosuke Amano, Shigetomi Nakao, Yosuke Doi, Nobuya Yamada, Masaichi Ohira, Kosei Hirakawa
• Journal: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy (Gan To Kagaku Ryoho) Vol. 35 Issue 12 Pg. 2126-8 (Nov 2008) ISSN: 0385-0684 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 19106545 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Angiography
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Biopsy
• Carcinoma, Acinar Cell (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, pathology, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Infusions, Intra-Arterial
• Liver Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, secondary, surgery)
• Middle Aged
• Pancreatic Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, pathology, surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed