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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a patient with pancreas divisum and gastrointestinal duplication cyst: a case report

  • Takahashi N
  • Nitta H
  • Umemura A
  • et al.
Surgical Case Reports (2021) 7(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s40792-021-01279-4
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Abstract

The complication of duplication of alimentary tracts and pancreas divisum (PD) is a rare malformation and the development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in this malformation is also extremely rare. There have been some reports of complication of malignancy in a gastric duplication cyst (GDC) and PD. However, there have been no reports of complication of PDAC in cases with GDC and PD.

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Takahashi, N., Nitta, H., Umemura, A., Katagiri, H., Kanno, S., Takeda, D., … Sasaki, A. (2021). Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a patient with pancreas divisum and gastrointestinal duplication cyst: a case report. Surgical Case Reports, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01279-4

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