Acinar cell carcinoma: a report of 19 cases with a brief review of the literature

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patient	Age	Gender	Stage and T	Size (cm)	Operation	Survival (months)	Recurrence	Chemo/rad	Alive/dead
1	58	Male	IIAt3	5	Distal pancreatectomy	23	Local	+/−	Alive
2	54	Male	IBt2	4.2	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	76	None	+/−	Alive
3	46	Male	IIIt4	3.5	Distal pancreatectomy	11	Liver	−/−	Dead
4	41	Male	IBt2	3.7	Distal pancreatectomy	54	Local	+/−	Alive
5	52	Female	IVt4	5.7	None	5	Liver	−/−	Dead
6	55	Male	IIIt4^a	7.6	Gastrojejunostomy	13	Liver	+/+	Dead
7	52	Male	IBt2	9	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	19	Local	+/−	Alive
8	39	Male	IIBt3	11.8	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	17	Local	−/−	Dead
9	47	Female	IIBt2	6.3	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	21	None	+/−	Alive
10	49	Female	IBt2	5.4	Distal pancreatectomy	34	None	+/−	Alive
11	54	Male	IIBt3	6.5	Pancreaticoduodenectomy^c	16	Local	+/−	Dead
12	48	Male	IIAt3	2	Distal pancreatectomy	33	None	+/−	Alive
13	49	Male	IIBt2	7.6	Distal pancreatectomy	21	None	+/−	Alive
14	71	Male	IVt4	5.6	None	11	Distant	+/−	Dead
15	60	Male	IIAt3^b	5.4	Distal pancreatectomy	21 days	None	−/−	Dead
16	56	Male	IIBt3	3.5	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	18	None	+/−	Alive
17	68	Male	IVt4	4.9	None	9	Local	+/−	Dead
18	77	Male	IIBt3	5.7	Distal pancreatectomy	17	Local	+/−	Alive
19	54	Male	IIAt3	2.8	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	27	Local	+/−	Alive

^aSuperior mesenteric artery (SMA) and port vein (PV) were found invaded by the tumor in initial operation, so the patient received a palliative gastrojejunostomy
^bPatient was found suffering from an infection of biliary tract after pancreaticoduodenectomy
^cPatient was found to be locally advanced during the initial exploratory laparotomy, then received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and on re-exploration was found resectable

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