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. 2019 May 27;12(6):626–636. doi: 10.1007/s12328-019-00996-6

Table 1.

Metastatic malignant melanoma of pancreas reported in the English literature

Authors Year of publication Age Sex Case Primary site Location in the pancreas Tumor size (cm) Diagnostic modality Surgery Follow-up (month) Outcome
Das Gupta et al. [21] 1964 44 Female 2 Cutaneous Body and tail NR Exploratory laparotomy No operation 2 Dead
28 Male Cutaneous Body and tail NR Exploratory laparotomy DP 10 Dead
Johansson et al. [22] 1970 67 Female 1 Ocular Head NR Biopsy PD 11 Alive
Bianca et al. [23] 1991 48 Male 1 Unknown Head 3 FNA PD 12 Alive
Brodish et al. [24] 1993 75 Female 1 Cutaneous Tail 5 CT DP 12 Alive
Rütter et al. [9] 1994 55 Male 1 Unknown (1 year after surgery, melanoma detected in nasal cavity and nasopharynx) Head 2.5 ERCP DP 12 Alive
Sobesky et al. [25] 1997 32 Female 1 Thoracic melanoma Diffuse infiltration NR ERCP, biopsy No operation 1.5 Dead
Harrison et al. [26] 1997 NR NR 1 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Medina-Franco et al. [27] 1999 60 Male 1 Unknown Head 8 CT, US PD 6 Dead
Wood et al. [19] 2001 NR NR 8 NR NR NR NR Curative resection or palliative resection Median 23.8
NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR no operation Median 15.2
Hiotis et al. [28] 2002 NR NR 1 NR NR NR NK PD NR Dead
Camp et al. [29] 2002 62 Female 1 Ocular Body 5 CT, PET-CT DP 20 Alive
Dewitt et al. [30] 2003 33 Male 2 Unknown Head 5 EUS-FNA Palliative gastrojejunostomy 6 Dead
83 Female Unknown Tail 3 EUS-FNA No operation 10 Alive
Mizushima et al. [31] 2003 51 Female 1 Cutaneous Head 5 Biopsy No operation NR NR
Nikfarjam et al. [32] 2003 45 Male 2 Ocular Head 3 CT, MRI, PET-CT etc. PD 6 Alive
55 Male Ocular Head, body, tail NR CT, PET-CT etc. TP 7 Alive
Carboni et al. [33] 2004 55 Female 1 Cutaneous Head 8 Biopsy PD 4 Dead
Crippa et al. [34] 2006 36 Female 1 NR Head NR NR PD 14 Dead
Belágyi et al. [35] 2006 28 Female 1 Ocular Body NR CT Pancreatic enucleation etc. 4 Dead
Eidt et al. [36] 2007 NR NR 4 NR NR 8 NR PD 76 Alive
NR NR NR NR 5 NR PD 30 Alive
NR NR NR NR 7 NR PD 12 Dead
NR NR NR NR 5 NR PD 25 Dead
Reddy et al. [37] 2008 NR NR 3 NR NR Median size 4 NR NR Median 10.8
Dumitraşcu et al. [7] 2008 43 Female 1 Ocular Body 2 EUS-FNA CP 12 Alive
Lanitis et al. [38] 2010 69 Male 1 Cutaneous Head 4.5 CT PD 96 Alive
He et al. [39] 2010 39 Male 1 Ocular Tail 18 CT, MRI, ERCP etc. DP 25 Alive
Vagefi et al. [8] 2010 57 Female 1 Ocular Tail 2.2 EUS-FNA DP NR NR
Portale et al. [4] 2011 43 Female 1 Unknown Tail 1.7 US, CT, PET-CT DP NR NR
Moszkowicz et al. [40] 2011 44 Female 1 Cutaneous Uncinate process, Cephalo-isthmic junction 1.3, 0.9 Biopsy under EUS PD NR NR
Sperti et al. [41] 2011 48 Male 1 Unknown Body 2.9 CT DP 24 Dead
Goyal et al. [18] 2012 47 Female 5 Cutaneous Head 3 ERCP-assisted biopsy PD 15 Dead
73 Female Cutaneous Head 4 CT PD 3 Dead
58 Female Unknown Head 10 CT-guided biopsy PD 11.4 Dead
28 Female Cutaneous Head 2 PET-CT PD 4.5 Dead
69 Male Unknown Tail 4.5 Biopsy DP 26 Dead
Larsen et al. [2] 2013 32 Female 1 Cutaneous Head NR CT PD 228 Alive
Birnbaum et al. [5] 2013 45 Female 1 Cutaneous Head 6 Biopsy PD 19 Alive
Sugimoto et al. [10] 2013 46 Male 1 Nasal cavity Body 3.3 CT, PET-CT DP 10 Dead
Solmaz et al. [42] 2014 59 Male 1 Cutaneous Head 3.8 Biopsy No operation NR NR
Jana et al. [1] 2015 75 Male 1 Cutaneous Head, body 2.4, 1.4, 1, 0.6 EUS-FNA No operation NR NR
De Moura et al. [3] 2016 58 Female 1 Ocular Head, neck 3.1 EUS-FNA PD NR NR
Nadal et al. [43] 2016 57 Female 1 Ocular Tail 2 EUS-FNA NR NR NR
Ben Slama et al. [44] 2017 55 Female 1 Unknown Head 5.5 CT, MRI PD 15 Alive
Liu et al. [45] 2018 54 Male 1 Cutaneous Head 3.1 CT PD 6 Alive
Current 2019 67 Female 1 Nasal cavity Body 3.5 EUS-FNA DP 24 Alive

NR not reported, PD pancreatoduodenectomy, DP distal pancreatectomy, TP total pancreatectomy, CP central pancreatectomy