Open AccessAn Autopsy Case of Anaplastic Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma (Spindle Cell Type) Multiple Onset in the Pancreas
Author(s) -
Hiroyuki Ito,
Shin Ichiro Hiraiwa,
Tomoko Sugiyama,
Takuma Tajiri,
Hisamichi Yoshii,
Izumi Hayashi,
Yoko Yamaji,
Mitsunobu Kaneko,
Shingo Tsuda,
Hitoshi Ichikawa,
Junko Nagata,
Seiichiro Kojima,
Shinji Takashimizu,
Takayuki Shirai,
Norihito Watanabe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
case reports in oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1662-6575
DOI - 10.1159/000499969
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreas , anaplastic carcinoma , pathology , pancreatic cancer , pancreatic head , autopsy , carcinoma , cancer
This is a case of a 75-year-old man who was diagnosed with anaplastic pancreatic ductal carcinoma (spindle cell type). His image findings showed pancreatic head cysts and pancreatic head, body, and tail tumors respectively. EUS-FNA was performed to the pancreatic head and pancreatic body tumors, and the same high atypical type cells suspected of cancer were obtained from either specimen, and finally total pancreatectomy was performed. On the specimen, there were 4 lesions in the pancreas; histology showed that the same anaplastic pancreatic ductal carcinoma (spindle cell type) was obtained from the pancreatic head cyst and the pancreatic tumors.