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Sydney GI, Ioakim KJ, Sergentanis TN, Tsiotos GG, Kyriakidou V, Sepsa A, Theocharis S, Salla C, Nikas I. Dissecting the presence of malignant squamous cells in pancreatic cytopathology: A case series. Diagn Cytopathol 2019; 47:1287-1292. [PMID: 31407529 DOI: 10.1002/dc.24302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The presence of malignant squamous cells in pancreatic cytopathology is a rare phenomenon that results either from a primary or a metastatic process. Pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma (PASC) represents the most common variant of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and is associated with a dismal prognosis. Within the period of 2013-2018, the archives of "Hygeia and Mitera Hospital" were searched for pancreatic cytopathology-related diagnoses that included the interpretation of "malignant squamous cells present." All fine needle aspirations (FNAs) of pancreatic lesions, including liver metastases in patients with known pancreatic primaries, were retrieved along with their relevant clinical information. Five pancreatic and two liver FNAs acquired from a total of six patients were reexamined. None of these patients had any documented history of primary squamous malignancy elsewhere. All pancreatic and one of the two liver FNAs showed malignant squamous cells, identified based on either morphology or immunochemistry. The other liver FNA represented a metastatic deposit which comprised of only a glandular component, whereas the associated pancreatic FNA exhibited both squamous and glandular counterparts. Most cases characteristically showed necrosis and keratinization. Of interest, two cases revealed the presence of tumor-associated giant cells. In conclusion, the presence of malignant squamous cells in pancreatic FNAs could mean the presence of PASC, especially when there is no documented history of a primary malignancy and a complete clinical and imaging workup has been performed. Immunochemistry on cell block material could help to confirm squamous differentiation in the absence of overt keratinization.
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- Guy I Sydney
- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cytopathology, Hygeia & Mitera Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Kashani A, Kahn M, Jamil LH. Diagnosis of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas using endoscopic ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf) 2015; 5:72-74. [PMID: 25983330 PMCID: PMC5444264 DOI: 10.1093/gastro/gov018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Revised: 04/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the pancreas is a particularly rare entity. Diagnosis of this tumor is tentatively made after ruling out metastatic SCC from another primary site and adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) of the pancreas. Here we discuss the case of a 76-year-old woman who was found to have a solitary pancreatic lesion and multiple hepatic lesions. Results of computed tomography-guided biopsy of the liver lesions were consistent with a metastatic carcinoma displaying squamous differentiation; therefore, an endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided core-needle biopsy (CNB) of the pancreatic mass was performed. Meticulous histopathological examination of the pancreatic specimen at multiple levels revealed moderately well-differentiated SCC with no glandular component. An extensive metastatic work-up did not reveal an extra-pancreatic origin for this SCC; hence, a diagnosis of primary SCC of the pancreas was established. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the diagnosis of a primary SCC of the pancreas using EUS-guided CNB. We believe that CNB has a diagnostic yield equivalent to that of fine-needle aspiration for recognizing pancreatic adenocarcinoma; however, when cytological examinations reveal atypical squamous epithelial cells suggestive of malignancy, CNB may provide a better tissue specimen, from which to determine the presence of a glandular component. Such an assessment will differentiate pancreatic SCC from ASC.
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- Amir Kashani
- Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
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He JJ, Ding KF, Zheng L, Xu JH, Li J, Wu YL, Sun LF, Zhou DE, Zheng S. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the uncinate process of the pancreas with synchronous gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach: Case report and review of the literature. Oncol Lett 2012. [PMID: 23197997 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Recently, the coexistence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) with other neoplasms has been studied with increasing frequency. Coexistence of pancreatic cancer with GISTs remains a rarity; however, here, we report a very rare case of adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) of the uncinate process of the pancreas with synchronous GISTs of the stomach in a 62-year-old female. The patient presented with epigastric discomfort and vomiting. Radiographic imaging revealed two masses; one located at the body of the stomach and the other located at the uncinate process of the pancreas. Intraoperatively, a fine needle aspiration biopsy was conducted in the uncinate process of the pancreas, which revealed the malignancy of the masses. A pancreaticoduodenectomy and partial gastrectomy were then conducted, and subsequent pathological examinations identified an ASC of the pancreas and a GIST of the stomach. In our case, contrary to the majority of previous cases of synchronous GISTs and other malignancies, GIST was not an incidental finding. The initial suspicion on the GIST as the underlying cause of clinical symptoms led to the discovery of the ASC of the uncinate process of the pancreas.
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- Jin-Jie He
- Department of Surgical Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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Na YJ, Shim KN, Cho MS, Sung SH, Jung SA, Yoo K, Chung KW. Primary adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas: a case report with a review of the Korean literature. Korean J Intern Med 2011; 26:348-51. [PMID: 22016596 PMCID: PMC3192208 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2011.26.3.348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2008] [Revised: 04/14/2008] [Accepted: 07/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The most common pancreatic cancer is adenocarcinoma. Primary adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas is very rare and aggressive. A 46-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of dyspepsia and a 7-kg weight loss. The physical examination showed tenderness of the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. There was no jaundice. Amylase and lipase were elevated. CA 19-9 was elevated to 566.7 U/mL. Gastroduodenoscopy showed a hard ulceroinfiltrative mass with a yellowish exudate that bled readily on touch in the second portion of the duodenum. Abdominal computed tomography showed a 7.1 × 6.3-cm heterogeneously enhancing mass in the pancreatic head. The pancreatic mass had invaded the duodenum wall, gastric antrum, and gastroduodenal artery sheath. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the pancreatic mass revealed adenosquamous cell carcinoma, anaplastic type. We concluded that an adenosquamous cell carcinoma of pancreas had invaded the duodenal mucosa causing ulceration.
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- Youn Ju Na
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Layfield LJ, Jarboe EA. Cytopathology of the pancreas: neoplastic and nonneoplastic entities. Ann Diagn Pathol 2010; 14:140-51. [PMID: 20227021 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Endoscopic ultrasound-directed fine-needle aspiration is a minimally invasive technique for the biopsy of pancreatic cysts and mass lesions. The technique is associated with low morbidity and high diagnostic accuracy. Interpretation of cytologic material obtained from the pancreas is complex because of the large number of reactive processes and benign and malignant neoplasms arising within the pancreas. The cytologic appearances of a majority of pancreatic neoplasms are characteristic, allowing precise recognition of the type of neoplasm present. Whereas separation of neuroendocrine, acinar, and ductal neoplasms is usually straightforward, the greatest diagnostic challenge in pancreatic fine-needle aspiration is the separation of atypical epithelium secondary to chronic pancreatitis from well-differentiated ductal adenocarcinoma. Recently, a number of in situ lesions have been identified, complicating the cytologic diagnosis of pancreatic neoplasia. These noninvasive lesions include pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
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- Lester J Layfield
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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Chute DJ, Stelow EB. Cytology of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma variants. Diagn Cytopathol 2010; 38:65-80. [PMID: 19582815 DOI: 10.1002/dc.21134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The most common diagnosis rendered with head and neck fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). While most cases of metastatic SCC pose little diagnostic difficulty, the diagnosis of metastatic histologic variants of SCC, often coupled with less common etiologies, can be more problematic. This manuscript reviews the clinicopathologic features of the histologic variants of upper aerodigestive tract SCC (verrucous, papillary, spindle cell, undifferentiated, acantholytic, and basaloid) and uncommon etiologies of head and neck SCC (human papillomavirus, Epstein-Barr Virus, and NUT midline carcinomas). Particular attention is paid to the cytologic features of these lesions. Differential diagnoses and the use of ancillary testing are discussed.
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- Deborah J Chute
- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Alwaheeb S, Chetty R. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas with an acantholytic pattern together with osteoclast-like and pleomorphic giant cells. J Clin Pathol 2005; 58:987-90. [PMID: 16126885 PMCID: PMC1770836 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.025221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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A 45 year old man presented with abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and significant weight loss over a period of about four weeks. Imaging of the abdomen showed a mass in the region of the head of the pancreas. In view of the size of the mass and the clinical picture, a Whipple's procedure was performed. Histological evaluation of the pancreatic tumour showed an adenosquamous carcinoma (predominantly composed of squamous carcinoma), which was extensively infiltrative with perineural invasion and involvement of peripancreatic lymph nodes. Areas of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia grade III and merging of the squamous and adenocarcinoma components were evident. Unusual histological features that characterised this case included a pronounced acantholytic pattern within the squamous carcinoma component, and the presence of both osteoclastic and pleomorphic giant cells. Giant cells have not been documented previously in association with an adenosquamous carcinoma. Although an acantholytic pattern has been noted in squamous carcinomas in other sites, this is the first report of such a pattern in an adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas.
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- S Alwaheeb
- Department of Pathology, University Health Network/Toronto Medical Laboratories, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Rahemtullah A, Misdraji J, Pitman MB. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas: cytologic features in 14 cases. Cancer 2004; 99:372-8. [PMID: 14681946 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adenosquamous carcinoma (ASCa) is a rare subtype of ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with what to the authors' knowledge are limited cytologic descriptions. In the current study, the authors describe their experience with the fine-aspiration biopsy (FNAB) diagnosis of ASCa and characterize cytologic features in 14 cases. METHODS Fourteen cases of ASCa were identified from pathology case files. Cytologic material was examined for cellularity, grade, tumor cell necrosis, and specific features of glandular and squamous differentiation. RESULTS The 10 females and 4 males had an average age of 70 years. Nine patients (64%) were reported to have Stage IV disease at the time of presentation. All tumors were high grade, with moderate to high cellularity. Tumor cell necrosis was noted in 12. Nine of the 14 cases (64%) demonstrated predominantly squamous differentiation with keratinization. Seven of these nine contained at least focal intracellular mucin or honeycombed glandular sheets. Two of the nine had rare cytoplasmic vacuoles as the only evidence of glandular differentiation. Five cases (36%) were predominantly glandular. All but one of these five cases contained atypical to malignant keratinized cells. One of the five cases lacked keratinization but had tumor cells with dense cytoplasm; the diagnosis of ASCa was confirmed on histology. In 13 patients for whom followup was known, 12 had died of disease (mean, 5.6 months) and 1 was alive at 13 months of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS A specific diagnosis of ASCa is possible when aspirates show evidence of both squamous and glandular differentiation, although one component often predominates and features of dual differentiation may be focal. A purely squamous tumor should raise the suspicion of a metastasis, but also may represent undersampling of an ASCa.
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- Aliyah Rahemtullah
- The James Homer Wright Pathology Laboratories and Cytopathology Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
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ITO KEI, FUJITA NAOTAKA, NODA YUTAKA, KOBAYASHI GO, KIMURA KATSUMI, SUGAWARA TOSHIKI, KOJIMA EIGO. Pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma, 9 mm in size, diagnosed preoperatively by transpapillary biopsy. Report of a case. Dig Endosc 2003. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1443-1661.2003.00253.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Yamaue H, Tanimura H, Onishi H, Tani M, Kinoshita H, Kawai M, Yokoyama S, Uchiyama K. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas: successful treatment with extended radical surgery, intraoperative radiation therapy, and locoregional chemotherapy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PANCREATOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PANCREATOLOGY 2002; 29:53-8. [PMID: 11558633 DOI: 10.1385/ijgc:29:1:53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare tumor with an extremely poor survival rate. No obvious evidence that multidisciplinary treatments improves the prognosis and survival has been reported. PATIENT AND RESULTS A 63-yr-old female with adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas underwent extended radical surgery, intraoperative radiation therapy, postoperative intraarterial chemotherapy, and external beam radiation therapy. The patient is alive at 40 mo after surgery with no recurrence. CONCLUSIONS Multidisciplinary treatments including aggressive surgery, intraoperative radiation therapy, and locoregional chemotherapy might improve the survival of patients with adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas to inhibit liver metastasis and local recurrence.
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- H Yamaue
- Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan.
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Layfield LJ, Cramer H, Madden J, Gopez EV, Liu K. Atypical squamous epithelium in cytologic specimens from the pancreas: cytological differential diagnosis and clinical implications. Diagn Cytopathol 2001; 25:38-42. [PMID: 11466811 DOI: 10.1002/dc.1099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Atypical squamous epithelium is an uncommon finding in cytologic specimens obtained from pancreatic lesions. A variety of pathologic conditions can result in the presence of these cells, including primary or metastatic carcinomas, chronic pancreatitis, and squamous metaplasia related to pancreatic or biliary duct stent placement. Primary adenosquamous and squamous-cell carcinomas of the pancreas are rare, representing 3.4% and 1.4 % of pancreatic carcinomas, respectively. Cytologic separation of these malignancies from less ominous metaplasias has immense clinical importance. We reviewed Indiana University Hospital's and Duke University's experiences with atypical squamous epithelium occurring within pancreatic aspirates. Study cases were identified using a computer to search the cytology records of these two institutions. Nine cases with a diagnosis of squamous-cell carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, or atypical squamous epithelium were retrieved from the two institutions' Department of Pathology files. One case of pure squamous-cell carcinoma occurred in a patient with a known pulmonary primary; a single case of adenosquamous carcinoma was diagnosed in a patient with a coexistent endometrial primary; a single sample of adenocarcinoma with squamous differentiation was diagnosed in a patient without other known disease; and four primary squamous-cell carcinomas of the pancreas were detected. In addition, a single case of atypical squamous metaplasia associated with a stent was identified, and one case of atypical squamous epithelium associated with chronic pancreatitis was diagnosed. Despite the reactive atypia present in the examples of metaplastic squamous epithelium, separation of these cases from true squamous-cell carcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma was achievable by cytologic evaluation. No cytologic criteria aided in separating primary pancreatic carcinomas with squamous differentiation from metastatic lesions. In this study, we report our findings in a series of nine cases where cytology disclosed atypical squamous epithelium in the aspirates derived from pancreatic lesions.
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- L J Layfield
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, USA
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Aranha GV, Yong S, Olson M. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PANCREATOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PANCREATOLOGY 1999; 26:85-91. [PMID: 10597404 DOI: 10.1007/bf02781735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas most probably represents squamous metaplasia of an adenocarcinoma. Metastases are typically an admixture of both elements, but more frequently, adenocarcinoma. METHODS A review of 102 pancreaticoduodenectomies for masses of the head of the pancreas done between 1994 and 1998 revealed two patients with adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas. RESULTS Both patients underwent successful pancreaticoduodenctomy, but were found to have nodal metastasis. One patient lived 13 mo and the other lived 14 mo with both dying from metastatic disease. CONCLUSION Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare tumor, and because its presentation, clinical features, and course are identical to adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis for any mass of the head of the pancreas. Survival is poor for these patients. In this series, it was 13 and 14 mo, respectively.
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- G V Aranha
- Department of Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA.
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Myung SJ, Kim MH, Lee SK, Seo DW, Kim YS, Min YI. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas: differentiation from pancreatic pseudocyst. Gastrointest Endosc 1998; 47:410-3. [PMID: 9609438 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(98)70230-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- S J Myung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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