[Detection of small pancreatic cancer during surveillance of the main pancreatic duct stenosis]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2019;116(1):99-108. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.116.99.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

An 83-year-old man with main pancreatic duct (MPD) stenosis in the pancreatic body had undergone surveillance with semiannual imaging studies for 3 years. During surveillance, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography revealed gradual enlargement of a small cyst near the MPD stenosis and contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed locally progressive atrophic parenchyma in the pancreatic body. On endoscopic retrograde pancreatography, the MPD stenosis was more severe than it had been at diagnosis 3 years earlier. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) showed a 10-mm hypoechoic mass adjacent to the MPD stenosis. The mass was pathologically diagnosed as an adenocarcinoma using EUS-guided fine needle aspiration, and distal pancreatectomy was performed. On histopathological examination, the resected specimen was found to be a moderately differentiated 9-mm invasive ductal carcinoma. Additionally, multiple high-grade pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasms (i.e., carcinoma in situ) were detected in the MPD and branch ducts near the invasive carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Endosonography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pancreatic Ducts
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms*