title: Spindle cell carcinoma of the pancreas: a case report.
abstract: We report on a resected case of spindle cell carcinoma of the pancreas in a 73 year-old Japanese male who has a history of diabetes mellitus. The patient visited his neighborhood hospital complaining of abdominal pain and was referred to our hospital for further examination of a pancreatic tumor discovered by abdominal ultrasonography. Upon the diagnosis of ductal carcinoma, a distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy was performed. Microscopically, the tumor was composed of spindle cells arranged in interlacing bundles with frequent mitotic figures. The diagnosis of spindle cell carcinoma of the pancreas was confirmed by immunohistochemical studies. To our knowledge, our case is the first resected case of spindle cell carcinoma arising from the pancreas in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosouchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harasawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurayashiki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013156:Splenectomy