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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2014; 20(33): 11904-11909
Published online Sep 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11904
Published online Sep 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11904
Total pancreatectomy for metachronous mixed acinar-ductal carcinoma in a remnant pancreas
Tatsuya Shonaka, Mitsuhiro Inagaki, Hiromitsu Akabane, Naoyuki Yanagida, Hiroki Shomura, Shiro Nakano, Division of Surgery, Hokkaido PWFAC Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital, Asahikawa 78-8211, Japan
Nobuyuki Yanagawa, Gastroenterology Endoscopic Center, Hokkaido PWFAC Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital, Asahikawa 78-8211, Japan
Kensuke Oikawa, Department of Pathology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa 78-8510, Japan
Author contributions: Shonaka T wrote the manuscript; Inagaki M reviewed the paper; Akabane H operated on and treated the patient as an attending doctor; Yanagida N and Shomura H reviewed the paper and provided care to the patient; Yanagawa N completed the image evaluation and made the preoperative diagnosis; Oikawa K performed pathological examinations; Nakano S was supervised the entire process.
Correspondence to: Tatsuya Shonaka, MD, Division of Surgery, Hokkaido PWFAC Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital, 1 Jodori, 1-24, Asahikawa 78-8211, Japan. tatsusho@yacht.ocn.ne.jp
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Received: January 21, 2014
Revised: March 28, 2014
Accepted: April 21, 2014
Published online: September 7, 2014
Revised: March 28, 2014
Accepted: April 21, 2014
Published online: September 7, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: We report a rare case of multicentric mixed acinar-ductal carcinoma lesions of the pancreas. The patient lived for 39 mo after the first operation without a second recurrence.