Table 4.
Details of clinicopathological findings in fatal cases of IPMN
| Sex | Age (yr) | Region | Change of cystic lesion (mm) | Change of MPD (mm) | Change of mural nodule (mm) | Resection | Histopathological result | Period from diagnosis (operation) to death (mo) | Cause of death | |
| Case 1 | Male | 89 | Head | 60→90 | 10→20 | 10→30 | (-) | Adenocarcinoma (ch+, du+) | 37 | Cancer of death |
| Case 2 | Male | 58 | Head | 20→64 | 3→10 | 0→64 | (-) | Adenocarcinoma (ch+, du+) | 112 | Cancer of death |
| Case 3 | Male | 53 | Tail | 35 | 1 | 19 | (+) | Invasive ductal carcinoma derived from IPMN (INFα, mpd+) | 15 (14) | Cancer of death |
| Case 4 | Female | 58 | Head | 0 | 1 | 26.6 | (+) | Invasive ductal carcinoma derived from IPMN (INFβ, V2, ne1, du+, rp+) | 9 (8) | Cancer of death |