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Table 1 Characteristics of included cases of malignant serous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas

From: Malignant pancreatic serous cystic neoplasms: systematic review with a new case

Author

Year

Age

Sex

Signs or symptoms

Location

Tumor diameter (cm)

Gross morphologic patten

Distant metastatic sites

Synchronous/Metachronousa

Local invasion sites

Surgical therapy

Outcome

George et al

1989

70

M

Hemorrhage from gastric varices

body and tail

11

Micorocystic

Liver

Synchronous

Stomach, spleen, splenic vein

DP

Death during operation due to hemorrhage

Friedman et al.

1990

74

F

Right flank pain, weight loss, palpable mass

head

19

Macrocystic

Liver, lung, bone, adrenal glands

Synchronous

None

None

Death due to advanced neoplasm

Kamei et al.

1991

72

F

Jaundice

Multifocal origin (head, body,tail)

10

Microcystic

  

Neural invasion

TP

NA

Okada et al.

1991

63

F

Abdominal pain

body and tail

12

Microcystic

Liver

Metachronous (4 years)

None

DP

Alive 5 years after initial operation

Yoshimi et al.

1992

63

F

Epigastric pain, palpable mass

body and tail

12

Microcystic

Liver

Metachronous (3 years)

None

DP

Alive 6 years after initial operation

Ohta et al.

1993

64

M

Unrelated incidental detection of the tumor on abdominal CT

body

2.5

Microcystic

  

Perivascular and vascular invasion

Enucleation

Alive 9 months after initial operation

Widmaier et al

1996

71

M

Elevated liver function tests

head

4

Mixed

  

Peripancreatic fat

PPPD

Alive 1 year later

Ishikawa et al.

1998

63

F

Abdominal pain

body

12

Microcystic

Liver

Metachronous (3 years)

None

DP

NA

Eriguchi et al.

1998

65

F

Palpable abdominal mass

body and tail

16

Microcystic

Liver

Both (9 years)

None

DP, micorowave coagulo-necrotic therapy

Alive 10 year after initial operation

Abe et al.

1998

71

F

Palpable abdominal mass, general fatigue, weight loss

body and tail

12

Microcystic

  

Lymph node, peripancreatic fat

DP, splenectomy

Alive 2 years later

Horvath et al.

1999

81

F

NA

NA

6

NA

  

Vessel

DP

NA

Wu et al.

1999

57

F

Unrelated, incidental detection of the tumor on abdominal CT

entire pancreas

5.5

Mixed

Liver, peritoneum

Metachronous (10 year)

Stomach

Pancreatectomy, splenectomy, cholecystectomy

Recurrence 10 years after initial tumor resection

Strobel et al.

2001

56

F

Recurrent abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss

entire pancreas

14

Microcystic

Liver

Metachronous (3 years)

None

PPPD

Alive 3 years after initial operation

Matsumoto et al.

2004

87

F

no symptom, incidental finding(inguinal hernia op)

body and tail

12

Microcystic

Spleen

Synchronous

Spleen, Vessel

DP with colectomy

Uneventful (10 months)

Schintaku et al.

2005

85

F

Fatigue, intermittent diarrhea

body and tail

12

Microcystic

  

Spleen

DP, distal gastrectomy

Alive 10 months later

Friebe et al.

2005

80

F

Abdominal pain, anorexia, weight loss

body and tail

8

Microcystic

  

Spleen

DP, splenectomy

Alive 1 year later

Gupta et al.

2008

42

F

Abdominal pain, palpable abdominal mass, diarrhea, weight loss

body and tail

10

Macrocystic

  

peripancreatic fat.

DP, splenectomy

Alive 2 years later

Franko et al.

2008

68

F

Flank pain, weight loss, anemia, duodenal bleeding

head

5

Microcystic

Liver

Metachronous (3 years)

Splenoportal vein, duodenum

Inoperable

Death due to advanced neoplasm, 45 months later

King et al.

2009

70

M

Abdominal pain, hematemesis

head

9

Microcystic

  

Duodenum

PPPD

Alive 7 years later

Vadala et al.

2010

74

M

NA

head

NA

NA

  

Portal vein

PD, portal vein thrombectomy

NA

Bano et al.

2011

62

M

Abdominal pain, vomiting, weight loss, jaundice

head

7

Microcystic

Liver

Metachronous (1 year)

Duodenum

PD, microwave coagulo-necrotic therapy

Alive 1 year later

Cho et al.

2011

64

F

Dizziness, hematochezia

tail

12

Microcystic

  

Colon, spleen invasion

DP, segmental resection of the colon, splenectomy

NA

Bramis et al.

2012

86

F

Abdominal pain

body

17

Microcystic

Liver

Synchronous

Stomach

Inoperable, Biopsies taken

Died 1 month later due to unrelated other medical problem

Wasel BA et al.

2013

68

F

Incidental finding

tail

12

Microcystic

  

Liver, retroperitoneum

Inoperable, neo-adjuvant chemotherapy

Alive 1 year later

Rathore MU et al.

2013

60

F

Upper abdominal pain

body

9

Microcystic

  

Vessels

Partial pancreatectomy and splenectomy

Death 3rd post operative day due to thromboembolism

Kainuma O et al.

2015

69

M

Upper abdominal discomfort

body

6

Solid variant

Liver

Synchronous

None

Distal pancreatectomy(initial diagnossi) + Liver metastatectomy(27 months later)

Alive 30 months later

Present case

2015

52

F

Palpable mass

head

9

Microcystic

Liver

Metachronous (5 years)

None

PD

Alive 6.5 years later

  1. DP distal pancreatectomy, TP total pancreatectomy, PD pancreaticoduodenectomy, PPPD pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy
  2. aNumber in parenthesis is time interval between detection of primary pancreatic tumor and metachronous metastasis