Pigmented solid‐pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas
- 5 May 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pathology International
- Vol. 55 (5), 280-284
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01825.x
Abstract
A hitherto unrecognized variant of solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas is reported. The tumor presented in the pancreatic head of a 57-year-old female patient. It was a well-circumscribed, encapsulated nodule measuring 27 mm in diameter, with variegated yellow to brown and gray cut surface. Histologically, the neoplasm was composed of uniform polyhedral cells arranged around delicate fibrovascular cores retaining their solid pattern in the periphery, whereas central parts of the tumor were characterized by the formation of papillae and smaller pseudocysts. Neither mitotic activity nor invasive growth were found. Immunohistochemically, tumor cells were positive for vimentin, neuron-specific enolase, and CD56, whereas they were negative in reactions with antibodies directed against other neuroendocrine markers, cytokeratins, melanocytic markers, and pancreatic amylase. In addition to these typical findings, intracellular pigmented granules were found in the darker brown zones of the tumor. They were positively stained in periodic acid-Schiff reaction after diastase digestion, sudan black B, and in Schmorl stain. In contrast, they were not stained with Fontana-Masson, Ziehl-Neelsen, and Perls stains. Ultrastructurally, the pigment consisted of dense granules with lipid droplets resembling modified lysosomes. These results exclude the possibility of a melanogenic nature of the pigment and instead determine it as lipofuscin.Keywords
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