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Table 1 Reported cases of pancreatic pleural effusion associated with pancreatic neoplasm

From: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with stenosis of the main pancreatic duct leading to pancreatic pleural effusion: a case report

No

Author

Year

Age

Sex

Symptom

Tumor size (mm)

Tumor location

Pseudocyst

Stenosis of the MPD

Preoperative diagnosis of fistula

Fluid amylase (IU/l)

Treatment

Histological type

Prognosis (month)

1

Sankarankutty et al. [5]

1978

40

M

Dyspnea orthopnea

60

Pb

No

N/A

No

19,800

TP

IDC

8 alive

2

Kuroda et al. [6]

1983

37

F

Right back pain

150

Pb

Yes

No

No

975

DP

Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma

N/A

3

England et al. [7]

1988

64

M

Epigastric pain

Vomitting

12

Pb

No

N/A

No

9600

None

oncocytic carcinoma

0.8 death

4

Shimaoka et al. [8]

2003

70

M

Dyspnea

12

Pb

No

Yes

No

22,665

DP

IDC

60 alive

5

Sugiyama et al. [9]

2010

63

M

Dyspnea

Back pain

20

Ph

Yes

Yes

Yes

30,994

PpPD

IDC

13 alive

6

Cushen et al. [10]

2012

67

F

Dyspnea

Chest pain

N/A

Pt

Yes

N/A

Yes

1,716,000

DP

IPMN

Low-grade dysplasia

18 alive

7

Miyamoto et al. [11]

2017

62

M

Dyspnea

Back pain

10

Pb

Yes

Yes

Yes

26,775

PD

IDC

19 alive

8

Saito et al. [12]

2020

69

M

Dyspnea

15

Pt

No

Yes

No

26,229

DP + partial gastrectomy

IDC

35 death

9

Our case

2020

51

M

Dyspnea

19

Pt

Yes

Yes

Yes

36,854

DP

PNET G2

33 alive

  1. MPD main pancreatic duct, Pb pancreatic body, N/A not available, TP total pancreatectomy, IDC invasive ductal carcinomas, DP distal pancreatectomy, Ph pancreatic head, PpPD pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy, Pt pancreatic tail, IPMN intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, PNET G2 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor grade 2