Takashi Miyata, Hisashi Nishiki, Yuki Shinden, Shota Motoyama, Yuta Sannomiya, Hozumi Tamezawa, Taigo Nagayama, Akifumi Hashimoto, Daisuke Kaida, Tomoharu Miyashita, Hideto Fujita, Nobuhiko Ueda, Hiroyuki Takamura
Anaplastic carcinoma of the pancreas (ACP) is an aggressive pancreatic tumor that grows rapidly, and its clinical characteristics are poorly defined because of its rarity. Thus, preoperative diagnosis is difficult and most definitive diagnoses are generally made by surgery, highlighting the importance of collecting more cases of ACP. We report a case of a 79-year-old woman with ACP that was difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Abdominal enhanced computed tomography revealed a large and expansive tumor in the spleen containing multilocular cystic and solid components...
June 2023: Journal of Surgical Case Reports