Mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma of the pancreas occurring as a double cancer: report of a case

Int Surg. 2011 Apr-Jun;96(2):153-8. doi: 10.9738/cc8.1.

Abstract

We present a successfully treated case of mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma of the pancreas complicated by right renal cell carcinoma. The patient had no symptoms, and laboratory data were close to the normal range. Enhanced computed tomography demonstrated a marked enhanced tumor, which appeared to be an endocrine tumor, at the pancreas uncus. We performed pyrolus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy, regional lymph node resection, and right nephrectomy. Histologically and immunohistochemically, the pancreas tumor had both a ductal (exocrine) and an endocrine component. The renal tumor was a typical clear cell carcinoma. A diagnosis of synchronous double cancer was made. As demonstrated in previously published reports, this type of mixed tumor has malignant potential for invasive ductal carcinoma. We propose that mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma of the pancreas should be treated by surgical resection with a sufficient surgical margin and regional lymph node resection to improve the patient's prognosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Ki-67 Antigen / metabolism
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lymph Nodes / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Nephrectomy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Ki-67 Antigen