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Fatty replacement of the pancreatic body and tail associated with leiomyosarcoma of the pancreatic head
Author(s) -
Shimizu Michio,
Hirokawa Mitsuyoshi,
Matsumoto Takayuki,
Iwamoto Sueharu,
Manabe Toshiaki
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04554.x
Subject(s) - leiomyosarcoma , pathology , pancreatic head , medicine , pancreas , head (geology) , pancreatic cancer , biology , cancer , paleontology
A case of fatty replacement of the pancreatic body and tall associated with leiomyosarcoma of the pancreatic head is presented. Clinicopathological features as well as differential diagnoses are described with a review of the literature on both leiomyosarcoma and fatty replacement of the pancreas. A possible correlation between the two lesions is also discussed.