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Primary small cell carcinoma of the pancreas: rare type of pancreatic cancer and review of the literatures

BACK GROUND: Primary small cell carcinoma of the pancreas (SCCP) is a rare malignancy with an extremely poor prognosis which accounts for 1 to 1.4 percent of all pancreatic malignancies. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 62-year-old man with a half-month history of upper abdominal discomfo...

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Autores principales: Wang, Dansong, Rong, Yefei, Wu, Wenchuan, Jin, Dayong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22316327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-32
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Sumario:BACK GROUND: Primary small cell carcinoma of the pancreas (SCCP) is a rare malignancy with an extremely poor prognosis which accounts for 1 to 1.4 percent of all pancreatic malignancies. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 62-year-old man with a half-month history of upper abdominal discomfort who was diagnosed with SCC of the pancreatic tail. A Chest X-ray showed no evidence of primary lung tumor. The diagnosis of a SCCP was confirmed by post-surgery pathology and immunohistology. In our review of the published reports of SCCP, we only found a few cases reported in the literatures. The diagnosis of SCCP needs the post-surgery pathology and immunohistology and the prognosis of SCCP is extremely poor. There was a significant increase in median survival, from 1 to 6 months, in treated patients compared to patients treated only by symptomatic management. Chemotherapy was the most common treatment and the combination of cisplatin/etoposide was most frequently prescribed. CONCLUSION: The accurate diagnosis of (SCCP) is necessary for determining prognosis and deciding appropriate therapy.