Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
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ISSN: 2165-7092
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2165-7092
+44 1478 350008
Wataru Kimura
Breast, Thyroid and General Surgery, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine,
2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-9585
Japan
Research Article
Acute Pancreatitis is a Predictive Factor for Malignancy in Mixed or Main Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
Author(s): Wataru Kimura* and Koji Tezuka
Wataru Kimura* and Koji Tezuka
Objectives: It is still unclear whether acute pancreatitis (AP) is a predictor of malignancy. Using patients enrolled from a single institution, the objective of this study was to determine whether AP as a complication of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) predicts malignancy, and to clarify the clinicopathological characteristics of IPMN with AP.
Methods: The clinic opathological features of 87 patients who underwent surgical resection for IPMN between October 1998 and May 2010 were investigated. In this study, malignancy was defined as high-grade dysplasia (non-invasive carcinoma) and invasive carcinoma. Macroscopic classification was based on the 2012 international consensus guidelines and IPMN with a main pancreatic duct size of >5 mm was classified as either mixed or main duct IPMN.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-7092.1000148