Table 1 Published cases of developing fistulae from IPMNs (1980–2004)

1

Ohhashi [2]

1980

C

-

cystadenocarcinoma

2

Koike [3]

1980

C, D

unknown

pap

3

Sukisaki [3]

1984

S, D

+

pap (+ muc)

4

Usui [3]

1985

D

-

pap

5

Suyama [3]

1986

C

+

pap

6

Suyama [3]

1986

D

+

pap

7

Yamao [3]

1986

D

unknown

pap

8

Yamao [3]

1986

C

unknown

pap

9

Yamao [3]

1986

C

unknown

pap

10

Miyagawa [3]

1988

C, D

+

pap (+ muc)

11

Kuga [3]

1988

D

-

pap

12

Tohyama [3]

1989

C

-

pap

13

Nakajima [3]

1989

C

-

pap

14

Ohnuma [3]

1990

S

+

pap (+ muc)

15

Sakimoto [3]

1991

C

+

pap (+ muc)

16

Mayumi [3]

1991

C, D

+

muc (+ pap)

17

Hayashi [3]

1991

C

unknown

cystadenocarcinoma

18

Oda [3]

1993

C, D

-

pap

19

Saitoh [3]

1993

C

-

pap

20

Kobayashi [4]

1993

S

+

muc (+ pap)

21

Kobayashi [4]

1993

S, D

+

muc (+ pap)

22

Kobayashi [4]

1993

C, D

unknown

pap

23

Kobayashi [4]

1993

D

unknown

pap

24

Kobayashi [4]

1993

D

unknown

muc (+ pap)

25

Mori [3]

1994

C

+

pap

26

Ieda [3]

1995

D

+

tub

27

Yago [5]

1995

S

-

pap

28

Takekuma [3]

1996

D

-

pap

29

Nakamura [3]

1996

C, D

+

pap

30

Murata [3]

1996

C, D

-

pap

31

Hirota [3]

1996

D

-

pap

32

Tadokoro [6]

1996

D

-

unknown

33

Nakatsuka [3]

1997

S, D

+

muc

34

Matsubayashi [7]

1998

D

+

pap

35

Kawaharada [3]

1999

D

+

pap

36

Kawaharada [3]

1999

D

+

pap

37

Shiroko [8]

2000

C, D

-

unknown

38

Kurihara [9]

2000

C

-

pap

39

Kurihara [9]

2000

C

-

pap

40

Fujisawa [3]

2001

C

-

pap

41

Koizumi(present case)

2004

S

-

low grade malignancy