[A case of mucinous noncystic carcinoma of the pancreas].
Mucinous (colloid) carcinoma is defined as pools of stromal extracellular mucin containing scanty, floating carcinoma cells. It is a well-defined entity in breast or large bowel. However, mucinous noncystic carcinoma of the pancreas (MNCC) is uncommon, comprising between 1% and 3% of all carcinomas of the pancreas. In the past, MNCC generally had been categorized together with ordinary ductal adenocarcinoma or misdiagnosed as mucinous cystadenocarcinoma or signet-ring cell carcinoma. The new WHO classification lists MNCC as a variant of ductal adenocarcinoma. Herein, we report a 32-year-old woman with incidentally found pancreatic body mass who underwent subtotal pancreatectomy. She was diagnosed as MNCC histologically.
Jung
Jun Young
JY
Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Song
Moon Hee
MH
Park
Young Sook
YS
Jo
Yun Ju
YJ
Kim
Seong Hwan
SH
Jun
Dae-Won
DW
Kim
Dong Hee
DH
Lee
Won Mi
WM
D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed