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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
To clarify the histological status of the pancreas tail after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD), fibrosis, islets of Langerhans, and A, B, and D cells were examined histometrically in surgical cases of pancreatic cancer. The same investigations were also performed during an autopsy examination of the pancreas tail of survivors of surgery who had received either PD or total pancreatectomy with segmental autotransplantation (SAT). In the surgical cases, fibrosis and the islet percentage compared with nonpancreatic cancer cases were significantly higher while the B cell ratio was significantly lower. In addition, in pancreatic cancer patients, the fibrosis and islet ratio in the group with a blocked pancreatic duct were higher while the B cell ratio was lower than in the group with an open pancreatic duct. A direct relationship between the islet ratio and the degree of fibrosis, and an inverse relationship between the B cell ratio and the degree of fibrosis, were thus found. From the autopsy cases, the fibrosis progressed and the islet ratio increased following PD, but after SAT only the islet ratio increased compared to the time of surgery. The progression of fibrosis after PD thus suggests the presence of some problems in both the surgical method and postoperative management.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
420-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Histometric analysis of the distal pancreas in pancreatic head cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article