Acinar cell carcinoma: a rare pancreatic malignancy.
Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare pancreatic malignancy, constituting only 1-2% of all the pancreatic tumors. A young adult male presented with chronic diarrhea and upper abdominal pain, on investigations was found to have a large pancreatic tumor of size 12×7.5 cm involving the body of the pancreas. Pancreatic body and tail resection with splenectomy was done and final histopathological examination showed acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas. Prognosis of acinar cell carcinoma is better than adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
Lady Hardinge Medical College , New Delhi, India.
Poras
P
Chaudhary
Lady Hardinge Medical College , New Delhi, India.
Gyan
G
Ranjan
Lady Hardinge Medical College , New Delhi, India.
Anil
A
Chaudhary
Lady Hardinge Medical College , New Delhi, India.
Alok Kumar
AK
Tiwari
Lady Hardinge Medical College , New Delhi, India.
Mohinder P
MP
Arora
acinar cell carcinoma; pancreatic tumor; positive periodic acid-Schiff stain; resection