[Signet ring cell carcinoma of the pancreas: a case report].
We report a case of signet ring cell carcinoma of the pancreas. This rare variant of ductal adenocarcinoma is composed exclusively of signet ring neoplastic cells in a mucinous stroma. Altogether, clinical, radiological and immunohistochemical data supported the pancreatic origin of the tumor.
Marcy
Myriam
M
Service d'anatomie pathologique, Hôpital d'instruction des Armées BEGIN, 69 avenue de Paris 94160 Saint-Mandé, Cedex, France. jph.dufau@wanadoo.fr
Chetaille
Bruno
B
Charafe-Jauffret
Emmanuelle
E
Giovannini
Marc
M
Delpéro
Jean-Robert
JR
Monges
Geneviève
G
D000328:Adult; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis