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May, 2017

Pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with exocrine differentiation in a young cat.

Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc
  • Masaki Michishita
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  • Mariko Takagi
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  • Takuya E Kishimoto
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  • Rei Nakahira
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  • Takeshi Nogami
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  • Hisashi Yoshimura
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  • Hitoshi Hatakeyama
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  • Daigo Azakami
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  • Kazuhiko Ochiai
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  • Kimimasa Takahashi

Volume
29
Number
3
First page
325
Last page
330
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1177/1040638717698179
Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC

A 35-mo-old spayed female mixed-breed cat with continuous vomiting, emaciation, and abdominal distention for 2 wk was presented to a private veterinary clinic for evaluation. At 71 d after the initial visit, the cat died with anemia, jaundice, and hypoalbuminemia, and was subjected to autopsy. Grossly, numerous firm masses, 0.5-2.5 cm diameter, were randomly located in the left lobe of the pancreas. Histologic examination revealed that the pancreatic mass consisted of 2 tumor cell types: mostly small round cells with a minority of epithelial cells. The small cells were arranged in nests of various sizes, which were separated by thin fibrous stroma, and had small, round, hyperchromatic nuclei, scant cytoplasm containing argyrophilic granules, and often formed rosettes. The epithelial cells formed luminal structures. Metastases were observed in the liver, greater omentum, and pancreatic, gastric, pulmonary, and mediastinal lymph nodes. Immunohistochemical examination revealed that the small cells were positive for vimentin, neuron-specific enolase, chromogranin A, cytokeratin (CK) AE1/AE3, and trypsin, whereas the epithelial cells were positive for AE1/AE3, trypsin, CK19, and nestin. Ultrastructurally, the small cells contained abundant electron-dense granules, ~200 nm diameter, whereas the epithelial cells had apical microvilli and numerous zymogen granules, ~300 nm diameter. These findings indicated that the tumor was a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with exocrine differentiation and systemic metastases.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638717698179
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28363254
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000400122500010&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1177/1040638717698179
  • ISSN : 1040-6387
  • eISSN : 1943-4936
  • Pubmed ID : 28363254
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000400122500010

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