Squamous cell carcinoma and lipomatous pseudohypertrophy of the pancreas

Virchows Arch. 1999 Jun;434(6):569-72. doi: 10.1007/s004280050385.

Abstract

A 68-year-old woman who had been treated for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus for the past 20 years was admitted to hospital because of abdominal pain and weight loss. Radiological investigation revealed a tumour in the body of the pancreas and numerous intraductal calcifications in both the tail and the head of the pancreas. Left-sided pancreatectomy was performed to remove the tumour. The resection specimen showed fatty enlargement of the parenchyma and numerous intraductal calcifications in the tissue adjacent to the tumour, which was 7 cm in diameter and was found to be a primary squamous cell carcinoma with a spindle cell component. There was also lipomatous pseudohypertrophy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy
  • Lipoma / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*