Diffuse pancreatic adenocarcinoma identified in an adult with annular pancreas

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Kfir Ben-DavidJeffrey B Matthews

Abstract

Annular pancreas is a congenital anomaly resulting from malrotation of the pancreatic ventral bud. Although annular pancreas in the adult is rare, it may be recognized with increased frequency as a result of more liberal use of pancreatic imaging studies in patients with chronic abdominal pain and suspected chronic pancreatitis. Malignancy in the setting of annular pancreas is an uncommon event that has been reported previously but has almost always been related to the annular (ventral) segment. We report an interesting case in which pancreatic adenocarcinoma diffusely involving the dorsal (nonannular) segment presented in a middle-aged female patient. This unusual presentation points out the importance of considering neoplasia as part of the differential diagnosis and the possibility of pancreatic pathology in the dorsal, nonannular segment when there is no obvious duodenal or biliary obstruction involving the annular ventral segment.

Citations

Jul 2, 2010·World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG·Enrico BrönnimannOleg Heizmann
Jun 15, 2012·Annals of Anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : Official Organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft·Denzil EtienneMarios Loukas
Mar 5, 2016·Surgical Case Reports·Shinichiro KobayashiHikaru Fujioka
Jul 15, 2015·Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology·Hiromichi KawaidaTomohiro Inoue

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Cancer Imaging

Imaging techniques, including CT and MR, have become essential to tumor detection, diagnosis, and monitoring. Here is the latest research on cancer imaging.

Related Papers

The Surgeon : Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland
J O JansenJ L Duncan
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology
K RakeshD Nageshwar Reddy
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved