Shi HY, Xie J, Miao F. Pancreatic carcinosarcoma: First literature report on computed tomography imaging. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(4): 1357-1361 [PMID: 25632213 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i4.1357]
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Fei Miao, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 197, RuiJin Er Road, Shanghai 200025, China. mf11066@rjh.com.cn
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
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Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2015; 21(4): 1357-1361 Published online Jan 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i4.1357
Pancreatic carcinosarcoma: First literature report on computed tomography imaging
Hong-Yuan Shi, Jing Xie, Fei Miao
Hong-Yuan Shi, Fei Miao, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
Jing Xie, Department of Pathology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China
Author contributions: Shi HY designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Xie J performed pathological examinations; Miao F contributed to the manuscript revision.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Fei Miao, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 197, RuiJin Er Road, Shanghai 200025, China. mf11066@rjh.com.cn
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Received: June 5, 2014 Peer-review started: June 6, 2014 First decision: July 21, 2014 Revised: August 6, 2014 Accepted: September 29, 2014 Article in press: September 30, 2014 Published online: January 28, 2015
Abstract
Carcinosarcoma of the pancreas is an extremely rare tumor and has a dismal prognosis. To the best of our knowledge, the histopathological features of the lesion have been illustrated in the literature but to date no reported cases have been documented on imaging characteristics. We report a female case of pancreatic carcinosarcoma presenting as a mucinous cystadenoma on computed tomography (CT). We also summarize the CT characteristics according to the appended CT images in the reported cases. This is the first report of CT features of pancreatic carcinosarcoma in the English literature.
Core tip: Pancreatic carcinosarcoma is an extremely rare tumor with a poor prognosis. We report a case of pancreatic carcinosarcoma in a 74-year-old woman and describe its appearance on computed tomography (CT). Detailed analysis and conclusion of the CT characteristics were performed according to the appended CT images in reported cases. This is the first report of radiological findings of carcinosarcoma originating from the pancreas.
