Paucicellular infiltrating ductal carcinoma of pancreas: an unusual variant.

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A 65-year-old man presented with obstructive jaundice from a 3-cm mass in the head of the pancreas. A Whipple resection was performed. Histologic examination of the tumor showed scanty tumor cells arranged in a single-file manner set within a desmoplastic sclerotic stroma. In other areas, the tumor was arranged around preexisting ducts in a targetoid fashion. Very focal ductal and signet-ring cell differentiation was noted. This unusual variant of pancreatic cancer was characterized by paucic...

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Authors: Fagih, M; Serra, S; Chetty, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Annals of diagnostic pathology
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 46-48
• Publication date: 2007-02-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.12.010
• EISSN: 1532-8198
• ISSN: 1092-9134
• Language: English
• Keywords: Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal; Mucin-1; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Male; Keratins; Aged; Humans; Diagnosis, Differential; Actins; Neoplasm Invasiveness