Pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer with cavernous transformation of the portal vein: a case report

Pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer with cavernous transformation of the portal vein: a case report

Abstract Background Cavernous transformation of the portal vein (CTPV) due to extrahepatic portal vein obstruction is a rare vascular anomaly. Since its symptoms usually appear in childhood, most of the adult cases are detected unexpectedly with other diseases. Only a few reports have described surg...

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Main Authors: Naohiro Hirano, Masahiro Iseki, Takanori Morikawa, Yuuichiro Umino, Shuichi Aoki, Koetsu Inoue, Shun Nakayama, Takayuki Miura, Kunihiro Masuda, Masaharu Ishida, Hideo Ohtsuka, Masamichi Mizuma, Kei Nakagawa, Kiyoshi Kume, Atsushi Masamune, Takashi Kamei, Michiaki Unno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Surgical Society 2022-06-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Cavernous transformation
Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-022-01463-0
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