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Adenocarcinoma
Research from Yokohama City University, Medical Department provides new data about adenocarcinoma
September 2nd, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Pathology International, "Reported herein is a case of endometrial adenocarcinoma without myometrial invasion that metastasized to the pancreas in a 69-year-old Japanese woman who had a history of hysterectomy. Although systemic radiography could not detect any metastasis in the whole body before hysterectomy, imaging performed 2 months after the hysterectomy consisting of CT, magnetic resonance imaging, gallium scintigraphy and positron emission tomography identified a solitary pancreatic tumor." "Imaging demonstrated an intracystic papillary growth in the pancreas, suggesting intraductal papillary mucinous...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-02)
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