A case report of synchronous gastric adenocarcinoma with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Abstract

Simultaneous gastric and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an exceptional situation with short literature review. The accumulated risk throughout life in women is 0,8% for gastric cancer and 0,6 % for pancreas cancer. We report a case where both tumors are demonstrated. The patient was surgically intervened removing both tumors and achieving total recovery, with no signs of tumor recurrence after four months. This is to remind us that simultaneous tumors do exist, especially when suggestive images of neoplasia appear in a patient previously diagnosed of tumor in another location.

Synchronous Pancreatic Acinar Cell Adenocarcinoma and Gastric Adenocarcinoma: a Case Report and Literature Review

“…After reviewing lots of literatures on simultaneous pancreatic and gastric cancers at home and abroad, we found out synchronous double tumors involving the two organs are rare, among which PACC is even rarer. Details of reported cases are shown in Table 1 [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], including our case. The average age at diagnosis is 67 years (range 42-77 years), and men are twice as likely to be diagnosed with synchronous pancreatic and gastric cancer than women.…”