Table 1 Reported cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas in the literature
From: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas: a case report and review of the literature
Author/reference | Year of publication | No. of patients reported | Age | Sex | Race | Presenting symptom(s) | Location | Size | Surgery | Outcome | Treatment | Time to death (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kensuke [2] | 2011 | 1 | 67 | F | Japanese | Anorexia, back pain | Tail | 6cm | Distal panreatectomy, total gastrectomy, splenectomy. | LR at four months | Radiotherapy for LR | 11 months from S |
Mansfield et al. [3] | 2010 | 8 | 64 (median) | 6M+2F | NA | Jaundice (4/8), abdominal discomfort (3/8), back pain (1/8), early satiety (1/8) | NA | NA | 1 (S), 1(S+R), 3 (S+R+C), 1 (C), 2 (P) | NA | NA | Median five months |
Terada [4] | 2010 | 1 | 69 | F | Japanese | Abdominal pain, jaundice | Head | 5cm | Pancreaticoduodenect- omy | Distant metastasis | Nil | Three months |
Lai et al. [5] | 2009 | 1 | 76 | F | African-American | Epigastric/back pain, weight loss | Tail | 5cm | Cytological diagnosis, no histology | Liver metastasis at diagnosis | Not known | Not known |
Rana et al. [6] | 2009 | 1 | 50 | M | NA | Abdominal pain, jaundice, weight loss | Head | NA | No surgery, cytological diagnosis, no histology | Peritoneal deposits, ascites at diagnosis | Nil | Not known |
Qiang‒pu et al. [7] | 2008 | 1 | 55 | M | Mandarin Chinese | Jaundice, weight loss | Head | 4cm | Pancreaticoduodenect- omy and segmental liver resection | Liver metastasis at 10 months | Nil | 10 months |
Al-Shehri et al. [8] | 2008 | 1 | 48 | F | NA | Abdominal pain, jaundice, weight loss | Head | 4.4cm | Palliative bypass surgery | Liver metastasis at diagnosis | Carboplatin+gemcitabine (two courses) | Five months OS from presentation |
Anagnostopoulos et al. [9] | 2006 | 1 | 72 | M | NA | Painless jaundice | Head | 6cm | Palliative bypass surgery | Â | Nil | Four months |
Brown et al. [10] | 2005 | 1 (plus 24 case literature review) | As published in literature | |||||||||
Fonseca et al. [11] | 2000 | 1 | 52 | M | NA | Melena, jaundice | Head | NA | No surgery, cytological diagnosis, confirmed histology at autopsy | Liver metastasis at diagnosis | Nil | 712 days |