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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
A clinicopathological study of 44 ductal carcinomas of the head of the pancreas revealed 39 with retroperitoneal invasion, of which 27 showed extrapancreatic plexus involvements. The second portion of the plexus pancreaticus capitalis was the most frequent site of invasion. A statistically significant correlation was found between neural invasion in the pancreatic tissue and plexus invasion, but no clear correlation was found between plexus invasion and lymphatic invasion or tumor size. Even small-sized tumors (t1) showed plexus invasion. The cases with plexus invasion had a statistically higher incidence of lymph-node involvement around the superior mesenteric artery than those without plexus invasion. These results indicate that complete dissection of extrapancreatic plexus around the superior mesenteric artery, including lymph nodes and soft tissue, could prolong the survival of patients with ductal carcinoma of the pancreas, even in cases of small-sized carcinomas.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0169-4197
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinicopathological study of pancreatic carcinoma with particular reference to the invasion of the extrapancreatic neural plexus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery II, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article