RESIDENT CASE STUDIES

Week 7 June 2 - June 6, 2003: Case 2

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54 year old white male with pancreatic mass. The distal pancreatectomy specimen contains a multinodular, well encapsulated, tan-yellow 7.5 x 6.8 x 6.5cm mass. This was a highly cellular aspirate with monotonous aggregates and single cell population on cytology.

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Questions:

1. The gross and histologic features are most consistent with:
   1. Pancreatoblastoma
   2. Pancreatic endocrine neoplasm (PEN) 
   3. Chronic pancreatitis with islet cell hyperplasia 
   4. Acinic cell carcinoma 
   5. Solid pseudo-papillary tumor 

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