Open AccessCLEAR CELL CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS
Author(s) -
Kanai Nobuyuki,
Nagaki Seiji,
Tanaka Takuji
Publication year - 1987
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.1440-1827.1987.tb02273.x
Subject(s) - autopsy , pathology , pancreas , medicine , carcinoma , differential diagnosis , metastasis , clear cell carcinoma , renal cell carcinoma , kidney , clear cell , pancreatic cancer , cancer
A rare autopsy case of clear cell carcinoma of the pancreas developing in a 71‐year‐old Japanese male is described. He complained of epigastralgia and back pain and was clinically diagnosed as having primary pancreatic cancer. After death due to disseminated metastasis and cachexy, autopsy revealed pancreatic clear cell carcinoma metastatizing to various organs including the lungs (lymphoangiosis carcinomatosa). The tumor was almost entirely composed of clear cells with cytoplasm weakly positive for PAS and alcian blue, and negative for Sudan III stains. Histological differential diagnosis from the clear cell carcinoma of other organs, especially that of kidney, is also mentioned.