[Pancreatic carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cell tumor and portal vein fistula]

M Ionescu; T Dumitraşcu; C Stroescu; V Herlea; Ioana Lupescu

[Pancreatic carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cell tumor and portal vein fistula]

Chirurgia (Bucur). 2005 Mar-Apr;100(2):163-8.

[Article in Romanian]

Authors

M Ionescu¹, T Dumitraşcu, C Stroescu, V Herlea, Ioana Lupescu

Affiliation

¹ Centrul de Chirurgie Generală şi Transplant Hepatic, Institutul Clinic Fundeni, Bucureşti. [email protected]

PMID: 15957459

Abstract

Osteoclast-like giant cell tumor of the pancreas (OGTP) is a rare neoplasm. We report a case of OGTP involving the head of the pancreas in a 64 year old woman with an uncommon complication--portal vein fistula. We present the diagnostic strategy and therapy. Postoperative outcome after Whipple's pancreatoduodenectomy was uneventful. The patient is still alive at 16 month after operation, without disease recurrence.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Female
Giant Cell Tumors / complications*
Giant Cell Tumors / pathology
Giant Cell Tumors / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Osteoclasts* / pathology
Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
Pancreaticoduodenectomy*
Portal Vein* / surgery
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Fistula / etiology*
Vascular Fistula / surgery