Two Cases of Rare Pancreatic Malignancies. 2019

Wissam Hanayneh, and Hiral Parekh, and Garrett Fitzpatrick, and Michael Feely, and Thomas J George, and Jason S Starr
Department of Medicine, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Background: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains one of the most lethal malignancies with little treatment advancements. Other less common pancreatic cancer histologies have different outcomes and disease course. In this article, we report two cases of rare pancreatic tumors. Presentation: The first case is a 59-year old, who was undergoing surveillance of a known pancreatic cyst, which eventually enlarged. The mass was resected and pathology revealed undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells. The patient did not receive any adjuvant therapy and has had no recurrence. The second case is of a 60-year-old patient who presented with signs and symptoms of pancreatic insufficiency and was found to have clear cell adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. She received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical resection without complications. Conclusion: Our article presents these rare malignancies, which had outcomes that are more encouraging than typical adenocarcinomas. Genomic sequencing can provide more insight into these tumors and potentially provide targets for therapy.

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