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Papillary-cystic carcinoma of the pancreas

✍ Scribed by Richard L. Dales; Juan C. Garcia; Ross S. Davies

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1983
Tongue
English
Weight
494 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-4790

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Papillary‐cystic carcinoma of the pancreas is an extremely rare tumor which occurs in young adults, may invade locally, but is late to metasta‐size. As opposed to adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, portal vein invasion should not be included as a criteria for nonresectability. In the absence of metastatic disease, pancreatectomy combined with portal vein resection, if invasion is present, may offer a good prognosis and comparatively long survival time.

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