Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas mimicking malignant adrenal pheochromocytoma.
We report a 75-year old woman with clinical, laboratory and imaging characteristics suggestive of a malignant left adrenal pheochromocytoma with invasion of the tail of the pancreas. The mass involving the tail of the pancreas and the left adrenal was excised Detailed histological diagnosis revealed that the lesion was a rare exocrine tumor of the pancreas.
Metcalfe
Peter D
PD
Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gupta
Rekha
R
Norman
Richard W
RW
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*