A case of pancreatoblastoma in which EUS-FNA aided the diagnosis

The patient was a female in 30s with a complaint of upper abdominal pain. Dynamic CT showed a heterogeneous solid tumor (37mm in diameter) with calcification in the pancreas head. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealed a well marginated, high echoic mass, that was hypovascular in the arterial phase an...

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Published inSuizo Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 689 - 696
Main Authors KANAZAWA, Ryo, SAI, Jinkan, FUKUMURA, Yuki, MIURA, Hiroko, WATANABE, Sumio, SHIINA, Shuichiro, KAWASAKI, Seiji, KATO, Shunsuke
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
English
Published Japan Pancreas Society 25.10.2015
Subjects
CT
EUS
MRI
Pancreatoblastoma
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Summary:The patient was a female in 30s with a complaint of upper abdominal pain. Dynamic CT showed a heterogeneous solid tumor (37mm in diameter) with calcification in the pancreas head. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealed a well marginated, high echoic mass, that was hypovascular in the arterial phase and isovascular in the venous phase, delineated by contrast enhanced EUS. The results of both EUS guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and pathology of the resected specimen revealed pancreatoblastoma. EUS-FNA is essential for the diagnosis of this rare pancreatic tumor with high grade malignancy.
ISSN:0913-0071
1881-2805
DOI:10.2958/suizo.30.689