Skip to main content
. 2014 Apr 14;9:80. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-9-80

Table 3.

Distribution of clinicopathological characteristics according to tumour origin in 175 re-evaluated periampullary adenocarcinomas

 
Duodenum
Ampulla Intestinal type
Ampulla Pancreatobiliary type
Distal Bile Duct
Pancreas
All
  n = 14 n = 51 n = 19 n = 45 n = 46 n = 175
Standardized Procedure
5 (36%)
7 (14%)
5 (26%)
18 (40%)
11 (24%)
46 (26%)
Age at surgery, M (IQR)
68 (62 – 74)
67 (59 – 70)
69 (62 – 75)
64 (59 – 71)
68 (62 – 72)
67 (61 – 72)
Gender, Female
6 (43%)
29 (57%)
9 (47%)
21 (47%)
21 (46%)
86 (49%)
Tumour size, mm, M (IQR)
40 (30 – 53)
23 (15–30)
30 (24 – 40)
26 (22 – 35)
30 (25 – 35)
30 (21 – 35)
 Larger than 20 mm
13 (93%)
27 (53%)
18 (95%)
37 (82%)
39 (85%)
134 (77%)
High grade
7 (50%)
26 (51%)
9 (47%)
31 (69%)
28 (61%)
101 (58%)
Lymph nodes, M (IQR)
10 (6 – 13.5)
9 (6 – 16)
10 (5 – 17)
12 (8 – 16.5)
11.5 (6.75 – 16)
11 (6 – 16)
 10 or more lymph nodes
8 (57%)
25 (49%)
10 (53%)
30 (67%)
27 (59%)
100 (57%)
Involved lymph nodes, M (IQR)
0 (0 – 2)
0 (0 – 2)
2 (1 – 7)
1 (0 – 4)
2 (0 – 3)
1 (0 – 3)
 pN1
4 (29%)
24 (47%)
16 (84%)
27 (60%)
34 (74%)
106 (61%)
 pN2
2 (14%)
 
 
 
 
Perineural infiltration
4 (29%)
16 (31%)
14 (74%)
37 (82%)
34 (74%)
105 (60%)
Infiltration in lymph vessels
2 (14%)
34 (67%)
15 (79%)
33 (73%)
27 (59%)
111 (63%)
Infiltration in blood vessels
0 (0.0%)
5 (10%)
8 (42%)
14 (31%)
15 (33%)
42 (24%)
Infiltration in peripancreatic fat
6 (43%)
16 (31%)
17 (89%)
36 (80%)
32 (70%)
107 (61%)
T-stage (pTNM)
 
 
 
 
 
 
T1
0
5 (10%)
0
1 (2%)
2 (4%)
 
T2
1 (7%)
11 (22%)
0
2 (4%)
10 (22%)
 
T3
6 (43%)
19 (37%)
2 (11%)
42 (93%)
34 (74%)
 
T4
7 (50%)
16 (31%)
17 (89%)
0
0
 
R1
3 (38%)
10 (43%)
14 (93%)
32 (89%)
35 (95%)
94 (79%)
R0
5 (63%)
13 (57%)
1 (7%)
4 (11%)
2 (6%)
25 (21%)
Rx,uncertain margin status (n)
6
28
4
9
9
56
Pancreatic transection margin
1 (13%)
1 (4%)
1 (7%)
5 (14%)
10 (27%)
18 (15%)
DBD transection margin
0
0
0
2 (6%)
1 (3%)
3 (3%)
SMA-margin
0
0
0
10 (28%)
2 (5%)
12 (10%)
Posterior margin
2 (25%)
6 (26%)
6 (40%)
17 (47%)
11 (30%)
42 (35%)
SMV-margin
1 (13%)
0
0
13 (36%)
18 (49%)
32 (27%)
Anterior margin
1 (13%)
1 (4%)
2 (13%)
5 (14%)
5 (14%)
14 (12%)
5-year OS, M (IQR), months n.r. (37 - n.r.) 53 (26 - n.r.) 26 (15–40) 25 (16 - n.r.) 25 (13–42) 30 (17-n.r.)

M, median. IQR, interquartile range. OS, overall survival. N.r., not reached.