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'''Invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas''' is the most common type of [[pancreas|pancreatic]] [[cancer]].
'''Invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas''' is the most common type of [[pancreas|pancreatic]] [[cancer]].


Revision as of 10:55, 5 March 2014

Invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas
Diagnosis in short

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma. H&E stain.
LM DDx chronic pancreatitis, cholangiocarcinoma
Molecular +/-BRCA2 carrier
Site pancreas
Associated Dx +/-diabetes mellitus
Clinical history +/-smoking
Prevalence common for site
Radiology pancreatic mass, typically head
Prognosis very poor
Clin. DDx chronic pancreatitis, other pancreatic tumours
Treatment surgery if possible

Invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas is the most common type of pancreatic cancer.

It is typically gland forming and thus also referred to as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Less specific terms that are used when the context is clear include ductal adenocarcinoma and invasive ductal carcinoma.

General

  • Most common type of pancreatic cancer.[1]
  • Location: usually in the head ~60%.
    • 15% in the body, 5% tail, 20% diffuse (head, body & tail).[2]
  • Abysmal prognosis.

Risk factors:[3]

  • Smoking (RR ~ 2).
  • Pancreatitis.
  • Family history, esp. BRCA2.
  • Diabetes mellitus - modest risk increase.

Molecular characteristics:[4][5]

  1. KRAS (oncogene) mutation in ~ 90% of cases.
  2. CDKN2A[6] (AKA p16) inactivation ~ 95% of cases.
  3. TP53 (AKA p53).
  4. SMAD4.

Microscopic

Features:[7]

  • Often glandular, may be solid.
  • Nuclei.
    • May be bland - little pleomorphism.
    • Often small nuclei.
    • Sometimes coffee-bean appearance.
  • Cytoplasm - granular, abundant.
  • Quasi endocrine look.
    • May stain positive for endocrine markers.

Other features:

  • +/-Necrosis.
  • +/-Myxoid degeneration.
  • +/-Cells around vessels.

DDx:

Images

  • Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (WC)

  • Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (WC)

  • Normal pancreas, pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and pancreatic carcinoma (WC)

  • Pancreatic adenocarcinoma - cytopathology (WC)

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IHC

Features:[9]

  • CD7 +ve.
  • CD20 +ve.
  • SMAD4 -ve ~55% of cases -- stomach usually +ve.
  • CDX2 -ve/+ve.
  • CEA +ve.[10]

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MASS, PANCREAS, CORE BIOPSY:
- ADENOCARCINOMA, MODERATELY DIFFERENTIATED.

Note:

  • On biopsy, it isn't easy to separate from cholangiocarcinoma. Thus, it is better to stay vague.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 237. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  2. ↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 950. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 471. ISBN 978-1416054542.
  4. ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 470-1. ISBN 978-1416054542.
  5. ↑ Furukawa, T. (Nov 2009). "Molecular pathology of pancreatic cancer: implications for molecular targeting therapy.". Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 7 (11 Suppl): S35-9. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2009.07.035. PMID 19896096.
  6. ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 600160
  7. ↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 951. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
  8. ↑ Adsay, NV.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Basturk, O.; Othman, M.; Cheng, JD.; Klöppel, G.; Klimstra, DS. (Nov 2004). "Chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma?". Semin Diagn Pathol 21 (4): 268-76. PMID 16273946.
  9. ↑ Lester, Susan Carole (2010). Manual of Surgical Pathology (3rd ed.). Saunders. pp. 94. ISBN 978-0-323-06516-0.
  10. ↑ Adsay, NV.; Basturk, O.; Cheng, JD.; Andea, AA. (Oct 2005). "Ductal neoplasia of the pancreas: nosologic, clinicopathologic, and biologic aspects.". Semin Radiat Oncol 15 (4): 254-64. doi:10.1016/j.semradonc.2005.04.001. PMID 16183479.
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