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

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Nov;35(12):2126-8.
[Article in Japanese]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

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