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Table 2 Pathology and treatment for hepatoid carcinoma of the pancreas

From: Hepatoid carcinoma of the pancreas

 

Total

Pancreatic head

Pancreatic body-tail

P value

Histopathology

n = 22

n = 9

n = 13

0.205

Pure hepatoid carcinoma

13 (59.1 %)

4 (44.4 %)

9 (69.2 %)

 

Mixed with other pathology

9 (40.9 %)

5 (55.6 %)

4 (30.8 %)

 

Nonfunctioning NEC

3 (13.6 %)

3 (33.3 %)

0

 

Ductal adenocarcinoma

2 (9.1 %)

1 (11.1 %)

1 (7.7 %)

 

Malignant glucagonoma

1 (4.5 %)

0

1 (7.7 %)

 

Malignant insulinoma

1 (4.5 %)

0

1 (7.7 %)

 

Nonfunctioning NET

1 (4.5 %)

1 (11.1 %)

0

 

Acinar cell carcinoma

1 (4.5 %)

0

1 (7.7 %)

 

Metastasis at diagnosis

8 (36.4 %)

2 (22.2 %)

6 (46.2 %)

0.246

Lymph node metastasis

4 (21.1 %)

1 (14.3 %)

3 (25.0 %)

0.525

Liver metastasis

7 (31.8 %)

2 (22.2 %)

5 (38.5 %)

0.372

Treatment

n = 20

n = 8

n = 12

0.670

Surgery Pancreaticoduodenectomy

17 (85.0 %)

7 (87.5 %)

10 (83.3 %)

 

Distal pancreatectomy

5 (25.0 %)

5 (62.5 %)

0

 

Enucleation

9 (45.0 %)

0

9 (75.0 %)

 

Total pancreatectomy

1 (5.0 %)

1 (12.5 %)

0

 

Surgery + chemotherapy

2 (10.0 %)

1 (12.5 %)

1 (8.3 %)

 

Surgery + TAE

1 (5.0 %)

1 (12.5 %)

0

 

Surgery + chemotherapy + TAE

1 (5.0 %)

0

1 (8.3 %)

 

Surgery + radiotherapy + TAE

1 (5.0 %)

0

1 (8.3 %)

 

No treatment

1 (5.0 %)

0

1 (8.3 %)

 

Other

2 (10.0 %)

1 (12.5 %)

1 (8.3 %)

 
 

1 (5.0 %)

0

1 (8.3 %)

 
  1. NEC neuroendocrine carcinoma, NET neuroendocrine tumor, TAE transarterial embolization