AN ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN-PRODUCING PANCREATIC CYSTADENOCARCINOMA

Authors
KAWAMORI T TANAKA T KAWASE Y SHIROKO J TANAHASHI S MORI H
Citation
T. Kawamori et al., AN ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN-PRODUCING PANCREATIC CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, The Clinical investigator, 72(5), 1994, pp. 377-380
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
The Clinical investigator → ACNP
ISSN journal
09410198
Volume
72
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
377 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-0198(1994)72:5<377:AAPC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
An autopsy case of an 83-year-old Japanese woman with pancreatic cance r with significantly elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein levels is report ed. The pancreatic tumor was a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with multip le metastasis to the liver. The immunohistochemistry for alpha-fetopro tein revealed positive reactivity in the cytoplasm of cancer cells in the primary and liver metastatic lesions. The current case is the firs t reported in which mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas produc ed alpha-fetoprotein.