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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2021

A case report of gallbladder cancer and pancreas cystic neoplasm associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction.

Kazuhito Sato, Eisaku Ito, Yukiyoshi Masaki, Masako Ogawa

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Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Kazuhito SatoThe Department of Surgery, Ome Municipal General Hospital, 4-16-5 Higashi Ome, Ome City, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: satokazuhito0725@yahoo.co.jp.
Eisaku ItoThe Department of Pathology, Ome Municipal General Hospital, 4-16-5 Higashi Ome, Ome City, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: eisapath@tmd.ac.jp.
Yukiyoshi MasakiThe Department of Surgery, Ome Municipal General Hospital, 4-16-5 Higashi Ome, Ome City, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: masaki-y@mghp.ome.tokyo.jp.
Masako OgawaThe Department of Surgery, Ome Municipal General Hospital, 4-16-5 Higashi Ome, Ome City, Tokyo, Japan; The Department of Surgery, the Fraternity (Doai) Memorial Hospital, 2-1-11 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: billrothone@yahoo.co.jp.
Ome Municipal General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introduction and importancePancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) is a rare congenital anomaly that is frequently associated with carcinoma of the biliary tract. However, there is still no clear evidence that PBM is associated with pancreatic tumors. Here we describe a case of gallbladder cancer and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) that is associated with PBM. CASE PRESENTATION: A 72-year-old man underwent a cholecystectomy with hepatectomy (S4a + S5) and regional lymph node dissection for gallbladder adenocarcinoma invading the front lobe branch of the hepatic artery. A pylorus-preserving pancreaticodudenectomy was also performed for pancreatic IPMN. CLINICAL DISCUSSION: Presence of mucin type 6 (MUC6) -positive pyloric gland metaplasia in both the dilated pancreatic duct and the gallbladder background mucosa suggests that pancreatic IPMN and gallbladder cancer may have a common phenotypic origin. Additionally, analysis of 41 reported cases of pancreatic cancer associated with PBM revealed that in all metachronous multiple cancer cases, biliary tract cancer preceded the pancreatic cancer with congenital biliary dilatation accompanied by PBM. The analysis also revealed an increased proportion of pancreatic cancer cases with PBM in patients who had not undergone a flow diversion procedure located in pancreatic head.

conclusionWe show an interesting relationship between pancreatic/gallbladder cancer and PBM. More comprehensive evaluations of the whole pancreaticobiliary system in follow-up of patients with PBM is required to understand the full extent of this relationship.

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Case reportGallbladder cancerIntraductal papillary mucinous neoplasmPancreaticobiliary maljunction

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PMCPMC8319447
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