Pancreatoblastoma in an adult

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2015 Jan-Mar;58(1):93-5. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.151199.

Abstract

Pancreatoblastoma is a malignant pancreatic tumor that rarely occurs in adults. We report a case of an adult female with pancreatoblastoma. A mass was detected in the pancreatic head using computed tomography and ultrasonography. The clinical diagnosis was a solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas. However, after the operation, the final diagnosis was pancreatoblastoma, which showed two lines of differentiation: Acinar differentiation and squamoid corpuscles. The patient is currently in good condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chromogranin A / analysis
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Keratins / analysis
  • Microscopy
  • Pancreas / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreas / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography
  • alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin / analysis
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / analysis

Substances

  • AFP protein, human
  • Chromogranin A
  • alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin
  • alpha-Fetoproteins
  • Keratins

Supplementary concepts

  • Pancreatoblastoma