A case of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma metastatic to skin

We report a rare case of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma with widespread metastases in a 68-year-old woman who presented with subcutaneous nodules as the initial symptom. Computed tomography showed a pancreatic mass with hepatic tumors and enlarged lymph nodes besides ring-enhanced subcutaneous nod...

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Autores principales: Ikezoe, Minori, Nishihara, Tamao, Yanagawa, Kazunori, Kohro, Takashi, Yamai, Takuro, Ikezoe, Seriko, Yasunaga, Yuichi, Inui, Yoshiaki, Nishikawa, Masahiro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3019597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234254
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e62
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Sumario:We report a rare case of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma with widespread metastases in a 68-year-old woman who presented with subcutaneous nodules as the initial symptom. Computed tomography showed a pancreatic mass with hepatic tumors and enlarged lymph nodes besides ring-enhanced subcutaneous nodules. Magnetic resonance diffusionweighted imaging detected the presence of lesions in other organs. Histological analysis of a colonic polypoid lesion revealed carcinoma with endocrine and acinar differentiation compatible with pancreatic origin. Regrettably, she died of a cerebral infarction without any treatment, and autopsy findings confirmed our diagnosis.

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