Mixed osteoclastic/pleomorphic-type giant cell tumor of the pancreas with ductal adenocarcinoma: histochemical and immunohistochemical study with review of the literature.
We described a rare form of giant cell tumor of the pancreas composed of mixed osteoclastic/pleomorphic-type giant cell tumor with ductal adenocarcinoma. Immunohistochemical study showed positive staining of cytokeratin and epithelial membrane antigen for pleomorphic-type giant cells and ductal adenocarcinoma but negative for osteoclastic-type giant cells. Vimentin stained positive in both types of giant cells but negative in adenocarcinoma. Osteoclastic-type giant cells were strongly positive for CD68 and tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase was present in these cells, suggesting the osteoclast-like character. CD68 was negative for both pleomorphic-type giant cells and ductal adenocarcinoma. From these findings, we consider that this tumor might be a carcinosarcoma-like neoplasm consisting of both an epithelial and a histiocytic-mesenchymal component.
Watanabe
M
M
Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
Miura
H
H
Inoue
H
H
Uzuki
M
M
Noda
Y
Y
Fujita
N
N
Yamazaki
T
T
Sawai
T
T
D000368:Aged; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography