Carcinoma of the head of the pancreas after excision of a choledochal cyst.

Abstract

We here report a 53-year-old woman who had undergone resection of a choledochal cyst and hepaticojejunostomy three years before. She was readmitted because of intermittent fever, and abdominal computed tomography revealed a 4-cm tumor in the head of the pancreas. We performed pancreatoduodenectomy, and examination of the resected specimen showed well-differentiated papillary adenocarcinoma. Only 5 cases of carcinoma occurring after the resection of a choledochal cyst have been reported, and to our knowledge, this is the second case of carcinoma of the head of the pancreas.

• Authors: Y Kurokawa, Y Hasuike, T Tsujinaka, K Kawahara, I Takemasa, Y Takeda, T Tono, N Kikkawa
• Journal: Hepato-gastroenterology (Hepatogastroenterology) 2001 Mar-Apr Vol. 48 Issue 38 Pg. 578-80 ISSN: 0172-6390 [Print] Greece
• PMID: 11379358 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adenocarcinoma, Papillary (complications, surgery)
• Choledochal Cyst (complications, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Pancreatic Neoplasms (complications, surgery)
• Pancreaticoduodenectomy
• Postoperative Complications (surgery)