A Case of Alpha-Fetoprotein-Positive Advanced Acinar Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas Merkedly Improved by Intra-Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy

A 25-year-old Japanese woman with a large abdominal tumor (10 cm in diameter) and high level of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP, 1,222.4 ng/mL) was introduced and admitted to our hospital in January 2011. Preoperative imaging modalities could not identify the tumor origin. There was no chronic hepatic viral disease, however, the elevated level of fucosylated AFP (87.8%) and connection with the left hepatic lobe led us to diagnose the tumor as a hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgical resection was performed in February. Histological findings revealed a pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma (ACC). Herein, we provide details of this difficulty to diagnose a case of ACC.

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Huge Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma with High Levels of AFP and Fucosylated AFP (AFP-L3)

Hiraoka

Nakahara

Kawasaki

et al. 2012

Intern. Med.

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A Case of Alpha-Fetoprotein-Positive Advanced Acinar Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas Merkedly Improved by Intra-Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy

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Huge Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma with High Levels of AFP and Fucosylated AFP (AFP-L3)

Huge Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma with High Levels of AFP and Fucosylated AFP (AFP-L3)

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