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SURGERY TODAY
Volume 49, Issue 7, Pages 593-600Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-019-01779-9
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Lymph node metastasis; Small PanNEN; Dissection; Ki67; Non-functioning
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- JSPS KAKENHI [JP18K08677]
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BackgroundWe evaluated the clinicopathological factors associated with lymph node metastasis in patients with non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PanNENs), focusing on the risk factors and range of lymph node metastasis for tumors2cm in diameter.MethodsThe subjects of this study were patients with PanNENs consecutively diagnosed at our hospital between January, 2000 and June, 2018. We analyzed 69 patients who underwent R0 resection of a non-functioning sporadic PanNEN with no distant metastasis, as well as 43 patients with tumors20mm in radiological diameter.ResultsNineteen patients (27.5%), including 7 (16.3%) with a small PanNEN, had lymph node metastasis. A large radiological diameter, a high Ki67 index, and cyst formation correlated significantly with positive lymph node metastasis. In patients with tumors20mm in diameter, a high Ki67 index correlated significantly with lymph node metastasis. When we set the cut-off Ki67 index as 3.3%, 2 of 43 patients had lymph node metastasis. Tumors in the uncinate process readily metastasized to the region around the superior mesenteric artery.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that a high Ki67 index indicates a risk of lymph node metastasis for tumors20mm in diameter and that lymphadenectomy should be performed in the region spatially adjacent to the primary tumor.
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