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- Figure 1.
Recent follow-up imaging of abdomen and brain (Case 1). A: Computed tomography of the abdomen (January 2006) performed as follow-up after resection of the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) showed the resection margin of the pancreatic corpus (white arrows) with no evidence of tumor recurrence. B: Magnetic resonance tomography of the brain (March 2009) showed postoperative alterations of the right cerebellum (white arrow) but no evidence of tumor recurrence.
- Figure 2.
Imaging identifying the primary tumor and the brain metastasis, as well as recent follow-up imaging of abdomen and brain (Case 2). A: Computed tomography of the abdomen in July 2004 revealed a tumor of the pancreatic tail (white arrow) that was diagnosed as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) (UICC Stage IIb; pT3, pN1, M0, G2, R0). B: Computed tomography of the abdomen (April 2011) performed as follow-up after resection of the PDAC showed the resection margin of the pancreatic corpus (white arrows) with no evidence of tumor recurrence. C: Magnetic resonance tomography of the brain (June 2005) revealed a tumor of the right postcentral cerebrum (white arrow) that was identified as a metachronous metastasis of the PDAC. D: Recent magnetic resonance tomography of the brain (March 2011) showed postoperative alterations of the right cerebrum (white arrow) but no evidence of tumor recurrence.
- Figure 3.
Histomorphology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and of the metachronous brain metastasis (hematoxylin-eosin staining) (Case 2). A: Overview of the ductal adenocarcinoma. The dashed line marks the infiltration front of the neoplastic tissue (lower left) from non-neoplastic pancreas tissue (upper right). B: Detail of the ductal adenocarcinoma, with desmoplastic stromal reaction and perineural invasion (insert: carcinoma cells are marked by arrows). C: Morphology of the brain metastasis resected 13 months after primary surgery. Histology is identical to that of the primary tumor with a ductal growth pattern.
