Table 1 Summarizing statistics of cases of mixed acinar-endocrine pancreatic carcinoma (21 cases including the present case)
Characteristics | Frequency (21 cases) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 16 (76%) |
Female | 5 (24%) |
Age (years) | 65 (45–89) |
Morphology (predominately) | |
Acinar | 6 (29%) |
Solid | 12 (57%) |
Both | 3 (14%) |
Immunohistochemistry (predominately) | |
Acinar | 10 (48%) |
Endocrine | 6 (29%) |
Both | 5 (24%) |
Size (cm) | 7.3 (1.5–16) |
Location | |
Head | 12 (57%) |
Body | 2 (10%) |
Tail | 7 (33%) |
Treatment | |
Surgical resection | 11 (52%) |
Surgical resection + chemotherapy or other treatments | 8 (38%) |
Bypass | 1 (5%) |
Chemotherapy | 1 (5%) |
Surgical curability | |
R0 | 16 (76%) |
Others | 5 (24%) |
Metastasis | There is some overlapping |
Liver | 10 (48%) |
Kidney | 1 (5%) |
Lung | 1 (5%) |
Stomach | 1 (5%) |
Multiple organs | 1 (5%) |