Author:
Kato Naohiro,Yamaguchi Atsushi,Sugata Syuhei,Hamada Takuro,Furuya Nao,Mizumoto Takeshi,Tamaru Yuzuru,Kusunoki Ryusaku,Kuwai Toshio,Kouno Hirotaka,Tazuma Sho,Sudo Takeshi,Kido Miki,Ito Takuo,Kuraoka Kazuya,Kohno Hiroshi
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Pathological examination by endoscopic ultrasonography–guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has been reported to be useful in diagnosing pancreatic malignant lymphoma (ML), but some ML cases are difficult to be differentiated from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
Methods
This retrospective study included 8 patients diagnosed with ML that had a pancreatic-head lesion at initial diagnosis and 46 patients with resected PDAC in the pancreatic head between April 2006 and October 2021 at our institute. ML and PDAC were compared in terms of patients’ clinical features and imaging examinations.
Results
The median tumor size was larger in ML than in PDAC (45.8 [24–64] vs. 23.9 [8–44] mm), but the median diameter of the caudal main pancreatic duct (MPD) was larger in PDAC (2.5 [1.0–3.5] vs. 7.1 [2.5–11.8] mm), both showing significant differences between these malignancies (both, P < 0.001). In the analysis of covariance, MLs showed a smaller caudal MPD per tumor size than PDACs, with a statistical difference (P = 0.042). Sensitivity and specificity using sIL-2R ≥ 658 U/mL plus CA19-9 < 37 U/mL for the differentiation of ML from PDAC were 80.0% and 95.6%, respectively.
Conclusions
Diagnosing pancreatic ML using cytohistological examination through EUS-FNA can be difficult in some cases. Thus, ML should be suspected if a patient with a pancreatic tumor has a small MPD diameter per tumor size, high serum sIL-2R level, normal CA19-9 level. If the abovementioned features are present and still cannot be confirmed as PDAC, re-examination should be considered.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Gastroenterology,General Medicine
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