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Table 1 Clinical features of primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the pancreas

From: A peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor originating from the pancreas: a case report and review of the literature

 

Presenting finding

Reference

Age

Sex

Upper abdominal pain

Other

Tumor location

Maximum tumor diameter

Diagnostic procedure

Lymph node metastasis

Treatment

Follow-up (month)

Outcome

Danner [9]

17

M

+

Jaundice, nausea

Head

90

Whipple resection

0/9

VDC/cisplatin + etoposide, RAD

33

NED

Luttges [8]

13

F

Diarrhea

Body

220

Whipple resection

NA

CHE

NA

NA

 

31

M

+

Body

NA

Biopsy

NA

CHE

NA

NA

Bulchmann [10]

6

F

+

Anemia

Head

60

Whipple resectiona

2/2

NP

6

DOD

O’Sullivan [11]

20

F

NA

Head

35

Whipple resection

4/34

CHE, RAD

30

AWD

Gemechu [12]

17

M

Abdominal swelling

Body

120

Resection

NA

NP

36

NED

Movahedi [2]

20

M

+

Jaundice

Head

35

Whipple resection

NA

NP

27

AWD

 

25

F

+

Jaundice

Head

NA

Biopsy

NA

NA

NA

NA

 

21

F

+

NA

Head

NA

Whipple resection

Positive

NP

DOC

DOC

 

25

F

+

Jaundice

Head

80

Biopsy

NA

NA

NA

NA

 

13

M

+

NA

Head

60

Biopsy

NA

VDC

43

NED

 

6

M

+

Jaundice

Head

35

Whipple resection

Positive

VDC

48

DOD

Takeuchi [13]

10

F

+

Abdominal swelling

Body

100

Biopsy

NA

CHE, surgery, AST

3

DOD

Perek [14]

31

M

+

Fever, abdominal swelling

Head

120

Whipple resection

None

AI, ifosfamide, docetaxel

50

NED

Welsch [15]

33

M

Nausea and vomiting

Body

150

Distal pancreatecotomya

NA

VIDE, VAI, melaphalan + etoposide, AST

12

NED

Schutte [16]

2

F

Precocious puberty

Body

60

Distal pancreatecotomy

None

VDC/AI

12

NED

Wakao [17]

3

M

+

Abdominal swelling

Head

82

Biopsy

NA

CITA, VDC/IE, MEC, surgery,a AST, RAD (30 Gy)

8

NED

Doi [18]

37

M

Jaundice

Head

60

Whipple resection

Positive

VDC, IE, RAD

6

NED

Menon [19]

8

F

+

NA

Body

100

Biopsy

NA

Doxorubicin, RAD

19

DOD

Jing [20]

24

F

NA

NA

Head

100

Resection

NA

CHE, RAD

NA

NA

Maxwell [21]

11

M

Fatigue, anemia

Head

98

Whipple resectiona

NA

VDC/IE

15

AWD

Mao [22]

13

F

+

Hyperglycemia

Head

150

Resection (RUPT)

None

VAC, MAID, RAD

41

AWD

Reilly [23]

23

M

+

Nausea

Body

58

Distal pancreatecotomya

1/24

NA

NA

NA

Dias [24]

25

F

+

Head

42

Whipple resection

None

VAI, VDC

8

DOD

Present case

22

M

+

Nausea, anemia

Head

85

Whipple resectiona

4/15

CHE, RAD

12

AWD

  1. − absent, + present, AI actinomycin D (dactinomycin)/ifosfamide, AST autologous stem cell transplantation, AWD alive with disease, CHE chemotherapy (details unknown), IE ifosfamide/etoposide, DOC died of postoperative complication, DOD died of disease, F female, M male, MAID doxorubicin/dacarvazine/ifosfamide, MEC melphalan/etoposide/cisplatin, NA not available, NED no evidence of disease, NP not performed, RAD radiation, details unknown, RUPT resection of the uncinated process tumor, VAC vincristine/actinomycin D (dactinomycin)/cyclophosphamide, VAI vincristine/actinomycin D (dactinomycin)/ifosfamide, VAIA vincristine/doxorubicin/ifosfamide alternating with vincristine/actinomycin D (dactinomycin)/ifosfamide, VDC vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide, VIDE vincristine/ifosfamide/doxorubicin/etoposide
  2. aThe tumor directly invaded another organ