Signet ring cell carcinoma of the pancreas: a case report

Marcy, M.; Chetaille, B.; Charafe-Jauffret, E.; Giovannini, M.; Delpéro, J-Robert.; Monges, Gève.

Annales de Pathologie 22(4): 314-316

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0242-6498
PMID: 12410154
Document Number: 550670
We report a case of signet ring cell carcinoma of the pancreas. This rare variant of ductal adenocarcinoma is composed exclusively of signet ring neoplastic cells in a mucinous stroma. Altogether, clinical, radiological and immunohistochemical data supported the pancreatic origin of the tumor.

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