Open AccessPANCREATIC CARCINOMA IN INFANCY — AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY —
Author(s) -
Kakudo Kennichi,
Sakurai Masami,
Miyaji Toru,
Ikeda Yoshikazu,
Satani Minoru,
Manabe Hisao
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1976.tb00527.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , pancreas , endocrine system , pathology , enteroendocrine cell , carcinoma , biology , medicine , endocrinology , hormone
A case of a malignant epithelial tumor of tail of the pancreas in a 3‐year‐old Japanese girl is presented. This is the fourth case reported with ultrastructural study. This type of pancreatic carcinoma of the infant has no endocrine granules or endocrine function. The ultrastructural study suggests that the tumor is derived from a primitive epithelial cell with differentiation toward acinar cell.