Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Duodeno-Pancreatic Preservation in a Big Tumor of the Uncinate Process: A Tactic in Patients Previously Submitted to Total Colectomy

Abstract

Kassab P, Nara F, Ilias EJ, Castro OAP, Thuler FR, Freitas W, Mancini FC, da Silva PF and Malheiros CAM

The possibility of preserving the duodenum and pancreas in the uncinate process neoplasms is, in general, reserved to less aggressive tumors. The literature describes this type of surgery for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), or for cystic tumors.