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ArticleThe American journal of case reports2021

Successful En Bloc Resection of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Tail Cancer with Colonic Perforation Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Case Report.

Shigeyuki Harada, Taku Iida, Satsuki Asai, Kojiro Nakamura, Misa Ishihara, Junji Iwasaki, Atsushi Itami, Takahisa Kyogoku

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Article in The American journal of case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Shigeyuki HaradaDepartment of Surgery, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Taku IidaDepartment of Surgery, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Satsuki AsaiDepartment of Pathology, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Kojiro NakamuraDepartment of Surgery, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Misa IshiharaDepartment of Pathology, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Junji IwasakiDepartment of Surgery, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Atsushi ItamiDepartment of Surgery, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Takahisa KyogokuDepartment of Surgery, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Distal pancreatic cancers may be unresectable at the time of diagnosis because these cancers are asymptomatic and readily infiltrate neighboring organs. Radical resection of a pancreatic tail cancer with colonic perforation is rare. We describe successful resection of a locally advanced pancreatic tail cancer with colonic perforation using a multidisciplinary approach. CASE REPORT A 66-year-old man presented to our hospital with a chief concern of high fever. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a pancreatic tail tumor infiltrating the neighboring organs and causing colonic obstruction with perforation, which resulted in an intra-abdominal abscess. Colonoscopy revealed obstruction of the descending colon by extramural invasion. Laboratory tests showed high tumor marker concentrations (carcinoembryonic antigen, 11.6 ng/dL; pancreatic cancer-associated antigen-2, >1600 U/mL). We clinically diagnosed locally advanced pancreatic tail cancer with an intra-abdominal abscess caused by colonic perforation. First, we performed transverse colostomy and percutaneous drainage. We then started neoadjuvant chemotherapy with FOLFIRINOX for tumor shrinkage and prevention of distant metastases. The therapeutic effect was a partial response, and no distant metastases was found. We therefore performed radical surgery comprising distal pancreatectomy with partial resection of neighboring organs. Although pathological examination revealed a pancreatic tail tubular adenocarcinoma with direct invasion of the neighboring organs, R0 resection was achieved. The patient was discharged with no perioperative complications. Tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil potassium were administered as adjuvant chemotherapy. The patient remained recurrence-free for 19 months after surgery. CONCLUSIONS We achieved successful en bloc resection of a locally advanced distal pancreatic cancer with colonic perforation by using a multidisciplinary approach.

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Neoadjuvant TherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsHumansMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPancreatectomy

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