Table 1 Clinicopathologic features of the cases
Mean age (range) (years) | 58 (21–75) |
Male/female | 1.4 |
Type of specimen | n (%) |
Pancreaticoduodenectomy | 10 (48) |
Distal pancreatectomy | 7 (33) |
Total pancreatectomy | 3 (14) |
Biopsy | 1 (5) |
Unknown | 1 |
Tumor location | n (%) |
Head | 9 (47) |
Body | 2 (11) |
Tail | 5 (26) |
Diffuse | 3 (16) |
Unknown | 3 |
Median overall tumor size (range) | 3.3 cm (0.9–16) |
Invasive component | n (%) |
Present | 17 (81) |
Absent | 4 (19) |
Unknown (biopsy case) | 1 |
Lymphovascular invasion | n (%) |
Yes | 7 (39) |
No | 11 (61) |
Unknown | 4 |
Resection margin | n (%) |
R0 | 15 (100) |
R1 | 0 |
Unknown | 7 |
Lymph node status | n (%) |
N0 | 16 (94) |
N1 | 1 (6) |
Unknown | 5 |
Median follow-up (months) (range) | 48.5 (1–173) |
Status of known 18 cases | |
Died of perioperative complications | 1 |
Died of other disease(s) | 1 |
Died of disease | 3 |
Alive WITH disease | 6 |
Alive WITHOUT disease | 7 |
