• Annals of surgery · Nov 2014

    Pancreatic main-duct involvement in branch-duct IPMNs: an underestimated risk.

    • Stefan Fritz, Miriam Klauss, Frank Bergmann, Oliver Strobel, Lutz Schneider, Jens Werner, Thilo Hackert, and Markus W Büchler.
    • *Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery †Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology ‡Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
    • Ann. Surg.. 2014 Nov 1;260(5):848-55; discussion 855-6.

    ObjectivesThis study aimed to analyze a large single-center population of resected intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) of the pancreas with respect to risk factors of malignant transformation.BackgroundThere is international consensus that main-duct (MD) as well as mixed-type IPMNs should be treated surgically due to a high risk of malignancy. In contrast, there is an ongoing controversy about surgery of branch-duct type IPMN (BD-IPMN).MethodsAll consecutive patients who underwent surgery for IPMN between January 2004 and December 2012 were included. Clinical characteristics and preoperative imaging were correlated with histopathological features.ResultsA total of 512 patients underwent pancreatic surgery and had a histological proof of IPMN. According to preoperative imaging, 74 patients had MD-IPMN (14%), 205 mixed-type (40%), and 233 suspected BD-IPMN (46%). On histopathology, 162 of 512 patients revealed low-grade, 105 moderate, and 52 high-grade dysplasia. One hundred ninety-three IPMN patients (38%) suffered from invasive carcinoma. Among invasive IPMNs, the majority (58%) were mixed-type lesions according to preoperative imaging. Of 141 Sendai negative BD-IPMNs, a malignancy rate of 18% (high-grade dysplasia and invasive carcinoma) was found. Most interesting, 29% of suspected BD-IPMNs (67/233) revealed histological involvement of the main pancreatic duct not evident in preoperative imaging.ConclusionsAll subtypes of IPMNs display a relevant risk for malignant transformation. By abdominal imaging, many IPMNs are misclassified as BD-IPMNs but reveal mixed-type lesions in histopathology. Because currently available preoperative diagnostics are not sufficient to reliably diagnose BD-IPMNs, surgical resection for suspected small branch-duct IPMN should be considered in patients fit for surgery.

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