Squamous cell carcinoma and lipomatous pseudohypertrophy of the pancreas.
A 68-year-old woman who had been treated for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus for the past 20 years was admitted to hospital because of abdominal pain and weight loss. Radiological investigation revealed a tumour in the body of the pancreas and numerous intraductal calcifications in both the tail and the head of the pancreas. Left-sided pancreatectomy was performed to remove the tumour. The resection specimen showed fatty enlargement of the parenchyma and numerous intraductal calcifications in the tissue adjacent to the tumour, which was 7 cm in diameter and was found to be a primary squamous cell carcinoma with a spindle cell component. There was also lipomatous pseudohypertrophy.
Department of Pathology, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
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Bralet
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Terris
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Brégeaud
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Ruszniewski
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Bernades
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Belghiti
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Fléjou
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*