ADULT PANCREATOBLASTOMA - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Citation
Jm. Levey et Bf. Banner, ADULT PANCREATOBLASTOMA - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, The American journal of gastroenterology, 91(9), 1996, pp. 1841-1844
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
91
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1841 - 1844
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1996)91:9<1841:AP-ACA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Pancreatoblastoma is an uncommon pediatric neoplasm with distinct acin ar and squamoid cell differentiation. This tumor often contains neuroe ndocrine and/or mesenchymal components. Pancreatoblastoma is exceeding ly rare in adults, with only eight cases described (Table 1). We repor t a 68-yr-old white female with adult pancreatoblastoma, the oldest pa tient, to date, diagnosed with this unusual malignancy.