AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE OF CLEAR-CELL CARCINO MA OF THE PANCREAS

This case of clear-cell carcinoma of the pancreas was a rare for three reasons: a) discovery: the investigation was indicated after sudden d igestive haermorrhage revealed by melena and anaemia; b) morphology: t he tumour began in the head with a spheric tumoural bud and a pedicula ted extension into the duodenum; c) pathology a clear-cell tumour simi lar to the type seen in renal localizations. Only one other case of su ch a primitive tumour was found reported in the litterature.