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. 2013 Feb;2(1):51–60. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2304-3881.2012.08.01

Table 1. Clinical features of world’s 14 cases of primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the pancreas (1-5).

Case No. Age (years) Sex Presenting symptoms Size (cm) Cytogenetic analysis Diagnosis procedure Treatment Metastasis Clinical follow-up
1 17 M Jaundice, Abdominal pain 9.0 +  Whipple resection CHE N/A   33 mo; NED
2 20 M Jaundice, Abdominal pain 3.5 +  Whipple resection N/P N/A   27 mo; AWD
3 25 F Abdominal pain N/A N/A  Biopsy N/A N/A   N/A
4 21 F Abdominal pain N/A +*  Whipple resection N/A N/A   DOC
5 25 F Jaundice, Abdominal pain 8.0 -*  Biopsy N/A N/A   N/A
6 13 M Abdominal pain 6.0 N/A  Biopsy N/A N/P   43 mo; NED
7 6 M Jaundice, Abdominal pain 3.5 +*  Whipple resection CHE 48 mo; Recurrence   48 mo; DOD
8 31 M Abdominal pain fever 10.0 -  Whipple resection RAD CHE 4 mo, Recurrence; 24 mo/36 mo, lung   50 mo; DOD
9 6 F Abdominal pain Anemia 5.5 -**  Whipple resection N/P 6 mo;Recurrence   6 mo; DOD
10 13 F Dyspepsia Vomiting 22 N/A  Whipple resection CHE N/A   N/A
11 31 M Abdominal pain Loss of appetite N/A N/A  Biopsy CHE N/A   N/A
12 17 M Abdominal pain 9 +  Whipple resection # RAD CHE N/P   8 mo; AWD
13 33 M Abdominal pain 15 +  Laparotomy RAD CHE Simultaneously, liver, spleen   12 mo;AWD
14# 13 F Abdominal pain Diabetes mellitus 2 3.5 +  RUPT RAD CHE 9/36 mo, Recurrence; 12 mo, ascites   41 mo; AWD

Sex, M, male; F, female; N/A, not available; N/P, not performed; Cytogenetic analysis (+), t[11;22][q24;12]; *RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction data; RUPT, resection of the uncinate process tumor, preserving the duodenum; #Whipple resection, pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy; -**, loss of cosmids F7 and E4 distal of the EWSR1 breakpoint in nearly all cells; NED, no evidence of disease; AWD, alive with disease; DOC: died of postoperative complications; DOD, died of disease; mo, month; Metastasis, post operation time and position of the metastasis; RAD, radiotherapy; CHE, chemotherapy; #14 our case