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Papillary cystic carcinoma of the pancreas and present status of pancreatic malignancies in Brunei

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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

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During the 10-year period from January 1986 to December 1995, a total of six cases of pancreatic carcinoma were documented in Brunei. Among them was a case of papillary cystic carcinoma of the pancreas, in which the patient, a 22-year-old woman, presented with a painless upper abdominal mass that had been increasing in size over a 6-year period. Ultrasonography showed a well circumscribed solid and cystic pancreatic mass. The tumor was excised locally and the patient remained disease-free at 8 months' follow-up. This papillary cystic carcinoma of the pancreas deserves special mention as it has a low-grade malignant potential, is amenable to local resection, and has a good long-term survival rate after excision.

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  1. Surgical Unit, RIPAS Hospital, 2062, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

    Kenneth Kok, V. V. Mathew & Samuel Yapp

  2. Pathological Unit, RIPAS Hospital, 2062, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

    P. U. Telisinghe

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Kok, K., Telisinghe, P.U., Mathew, V.V. et al. Papillary cystic carcinoma of the pancreas and present status of pancreatic malignancies in Brunei. J Hep Bil Pancr Surg 4, 141–144 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01211357

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