Abstract
There have been very few reports related to pancreatic cancer developing in the remnant pancreas after a resection for pancreatic cancer. We report two cases of repeated pancreatectomy for second primary pancreatic cancer. A 58-year-old man with a 2.3 cm sized low attenuated pancreatic tail mass on abdomen CT scan, received a distal pancreatectomy (adenosquamous carcinoma, stage IIB) and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. A follow-up abdomen CT scan revealed a 2.0 cm sized pancreatic head mass in the remnant pancreas at 35 months after the distal pancreatectomy. He received a pancreaticoduodenectomy and diagnosed as ductal adenocarcinoma (stage IIA). Another 62-year-old female was declared pancreatic head mass on a regular health examination. An abdomen CT scan revealed a 3.6 cm sized mixed solid and cystic mass. She received a pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (ductal adenocarcinoma, stage IB) and adjuvant chemoradiation therapy. At 20 months after the resection, a 1.8 cm sized ill-defined low attenuated mass developing in the tail of remnant pancreas was detected on a follow-up abdomen CT scan. The patient received a distal pancreatectomy and diagnosed as ductal adenocarcinoma (stage IIA).
췌장암에 대한 근치적 절제술 후에 잔여 췌장에서 발생한 췌장암에 대한 보고는 거의 없는 상태이며, 특히 잔여췌장에 발생한 췌장암에 대하여 반복 췌장절제를 시행한 보고는 더욱 드물다. 저자들은 췌장미부에 발생한 췌장암에 대하여 근치적 절제술을 시행 후 35개월에 잔여 췌장에서 발생한 췌장암으로 췌장십이지장 절제술을 시행한 경우와 췌장두부에 발생한 췌장암에 대하여 췌장십이지장 절제술을 시행 후 20개월 만에 잔여 췌장에 췌장암이 발생하여 췌장미부절제술을 시행한 경우를 경험하였기에 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.