Table 1 Characteristics of reported needle tract seeding of pancreatic cancer after EUS-FNA
No. | Details of pancreatic cancer | Interval from FNA (months) | Details of needle tract seeding | Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location, Size (mm) | Initial therapy | Symptom | Elevated CA19–9 | Size (mm) | Treatment | |||
1 | Pb, 20 | DP + Partial Gx | 1 | No | NA | micro | Partial Gx | Died 25 months after surgery |
2 | Pt, 8 | DP | 21 | Yes | + | 50 | ChemoTx | Died 12 months after diagnosis |
3 | Pt, 28 | DP | 14 | Yes | + | 40 | Unknown | Unknown |
4 | Pb, NA | Central pancreatectomy+Adj CRT, gefitinib | 36 | No | NA | 45 | Total Gx | Died with metastasis of melanoma |
5 | Pb, 20 | DP | 22 | NA | – | NA | Unknown | Unknown |
6 | Pb, 20 | DP | 8 | No | + | 12 | Partial Gx | Alive 27 months without recurrence after Gx |
7 | Pb, 25 | DP + Adj S-1 | 28 | No | + | 32 | Subtotal Gx | Unknown |
8 | Pb, 25 | DP | 19 | No | + | 20 | Partial Gx | Alive 16 months without recurrence after Gx |
9 | NA, NA | DP | 6 | No | NA | NA | Distal Gx+Adj S-1 | Re-recurrence at 21 months after Gx |
10 | Pbt, NA | Radiation therapy | 7 | No | NA | NA | Unknown | Unknown |
11 | NA, 30 | ChemoTx | 3 | No | NA | 24 | ChemoTx | Died 29 months after initial EUS-FNA |
12 | Pb, 30 | DP + Adj S-1 | 8 | No | + | 12 | Partial Gx+Adj GEM | Alive 18 months without recurrence after Gx |
13 | Pb, 10 | DP + Adj S-1 | 22 | Yes | NA | NA | Partial Gx | Unknown |
14 | Pt, 37 | DP + Adj GEM/S-1 | 24 | No | NA | 20 | Partial Gx | Unknown |
15 | Pb, 35 | ChemoTx | 8 | No | NA | NA | DP + Partial Gx | Unknown |
16 | Pb, 15 | DP + Partial Gx | 1 | No | + | micro | Partial Gx | Died 18 months after surgery |
17 | Pb, 34 | DP + Partial Gx | 4 | No | NA | micro | Partial Gx | Alive 18 months after surgery |
Our case | Pb, 32 | DP + Adj S-1 | 25 | No | + | 25 | Partial Gx + lymph node | Alive 5 months without recurrence after Gx |