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Small multicentric pancreatic carcinoma usefully diagnosed by positron emission tomography

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Pancreatic carcinoma has a poor prognosis, and early detection is essential for potentially curative resection. Despite a wide array of diagnostic tools, pre-operative detection of small pancreatic carcinomas is difficult. We report a case of pancreatic carcinoma that was bicentric and small. The head mass was diagnosed by computed tomography (CT), while the tail mass, which was suspected but indeterminate on CT, was diagnosed by positron emission tomography (PET). Thus, total pancreatectomy was performed. The PET results prevented our patient from undergoing tail mass biopsy, multiple surgeries and non-curative operation.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Kagoshima Tokushukai Hospital, 3-8-1 Shimoarata, Kagoshima, 890-0056, Japan

    Chiaki Kamikado, Tomomi Wakiyama, Akira Nakamura & Osamu Sawatani

  2. Department of Radiology, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan

    Kouji Takumi

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima Tokushukai Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

    Kazunari Kitazono

  4. Department of Pathology, Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

    Takahisa Yoshida

  5. Department of Tumor Pathology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

    Shuuhei Taguchi

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Kamikado, C., Takumi, K., Wakiyama, T. et al. Small multicentric pancreatic carcinoma usefully diagnosed by positron emission tomography. Clin J Gastroenterol 3, 36–39 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-009-0122-8

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