Chronic pancreatitis with Numerous Exacerbations - Surprising Final

• Authors: Dariusz Łaski , Stanisław Hać , Marian Smoczyński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The authors presented a case of 62-year old caucasian race male patient that was repeatedly admitted to hospitals, in 3 last years, with exacerbations of the chronic pancreatitis. During two last hospitalisations, according to the ERCP examination and high level of CEA and Ca 19.9 in pancreatic juice, a hypothesis of IPMN was put. Patient underwent a distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy. Postoperative specimen examination revealed dilated Wirsung duct in distal part of the pancreas. Small cysts and multiple papillas in the lumen of MPD were found. Microscopy reveal Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm with medium grade dysplasia without cancer.When we confronted the reported case with available literature, we found that IPMN is not a frequent cause of recurrent pancreatitis, but those patiets require separate treatment strategy to other chronic pancreatitis patients.

Keywords

EN

intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; recurrent pancreatitis; chronic pancreatitis

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 82
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 362-366

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2010

online

15 - 9 - 2010

Contributors

author

Dariusz Łaski

• Department of General, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, Medical University in Gdańsk

author

Stanisław Hać

• Department of General, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, Medical University in Gdańsk

author

Marian Smoczyński

• Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University in Gdańsk

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-010-0052-7