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- Title
Atypical ductal hyperplasia of the pancreas associated with a stricture of the main pancreatic duct.
- Authors
Kogire, Masafumi; Tokuhara, Katsuji; Itoh, Daisuke; Koshiba, Takatomo; Sato, Masahito; Yamanaka, Hideharu; Mohri, Yoichi; Kadota, Eiji
- Abstract
Atypical ductal hyperplasia of the pancreas is thought to be a precancerous lesion. We report a case of atypical ductal hyperplasia associated with a stricture of the main pancreatic duct. A 70-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of abdominal pain with an elevated serum pancreatic isoamylase level. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography disclosed a stricture of the main pancreatic duct in the body of the pancreas. Cytological evaluation of endoscopic brushings suggested adenocarcinoma. Distal pancreatec-tomy was performed. Microscopic examination of the stenotic pancreatic duct showed a hyperplastic epithelium without atypia. Atypical hyperplasia, however, was found in the distal portion of the main pancreatic duct in close proximity to the stricture. Atypical hyperplasia extended along the main pancreatic duct into the ductal branches of the pancreatic tail. In contrast to the vast majority of patients with atypical hyperplasia, the atypical hyperplasia seen in the present patient had no histological features suggestive of intraductal extension of the invasive carcinoma or intraductal papillary-mucinous tumor, thus representing a sporadic precancerous lesion, and it may have been equivalent to carcinoma in situ. Pancreatic duct stricture and the resultant stasis of the pancreatic juice may have promoted the atypical changes in the ductal cells upstream of the stricture.
- Subjects
HYPERPLASIA; PANCREATIC duct
- Publication
Journal of Gastroenterology, 2003, Vol 38, Issue 3, p295
- ISSN
0944-1174
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s005350300051