Pancreatoblastoma: a rare malignant neoplasia in young adults

Introduction: Here we report the ninth case of pancreatoblastoma in an adul t. Patient and method: At the time of diagnosis the female patient was 22 y ears old. She had a tumor in the left upper abdomen, measuring 9 cm in diam eter. Preoperatively the diagnosis of a pancreatoblastorna was suspected an d an explorative laparotomy was performed followed by radical tumor extirpa tion and intraoperative radiotherapy. After the diagnosis of a pancreatobla stoma was confirmed by definitive histopathological examination, combined R adiochemotherapy was performed. Discussion: Special features in histomorpho logical characterization of the tumor and problems concerning diagnosis and differential diagnosis as well as the lack of a definitive therapy regime are discussed.