title: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration.
abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare pancreatic malignancy. We describe the case of a female who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a pancreatic mass on imaging. The diagnosis of pancreatic squamous cell carcinoma was established by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of the mass. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second case report in the medical literature in which endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration was used for a cell-type specific diagnosis of primary pancreatic squamous cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, USA.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zacharia
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Nathaniel S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Winstead
authors.forename: Mainor R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Antillon
authors.forename: Nancy K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*