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Pancreatic foamy gland adenocarcinoma

MedGen UID:
235450
•Concept ID:
C1335303
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Pancreatic Foamy Gland Adenocarcinoma; pancreatic foamy gland adenocarcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004287

Definition

A pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of adenocarcinoma cells with foamy cytoplasm. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPancreatic foamy gland adenocarcinoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lipid-rich variant of pancreatic endocrine neoplasms.
Singh R, Basturk O, Klimstra DS, Zamboni G, Chetty R, Hussain S, La Rosa S, Yilmaz A, Capelli P, Capella C, Cheng JD, Adsay NV
Am J Surg Pathol 2006 Feb;30(2):194-200. doi: 10.1097/01.pas.0000184819.71752.ad. PMID: 16434893
The cytology of pancreatic foamy gland adenocarcinoma.
Stelow EB, Pambuccian SE, Bardales RH, Debol SM, Mallery S, Lai R, Stanley MW
Am J Clin Pathol 2004 Jun;121(6):893-7. doi: 10.1309/CJ9E-F3XF-XWQ3-W82T. PMID: 15198363

Diagnosis

Diagnostic Categories and Key Features for Pathological Diagnosis of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Samples of Pancreatic Lesions: A Consensus Study.
Naito Y, Notohara K, Omori Y, Aishima S, Itoi T, Ohike N, Okabe Y, Kojima M, Tajiri T, Tanaka M, Tsuneki M, Nakagohri T, Norose T, Hirabayashi K, Fukumura Y, Mitsuhashi T, Yamaguchi H, Fukushima N, Furukawa T
Pancreas 2022 Oct 1;51(9):1105-1111. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000002179. PMID: 37078931Free PMC Article
False-Negative Histopathologic Diagnosis of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma.
Yang C, Humphrey PA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2020 Mar;144(3):326-334. Epub 2019 Nov 15 doi: 10.5858/arpa.2019-0456-RA. PMID: 31729886
Foamy gland pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma diagnosed on EUS-FNA: a histochemical, immunohistochemical, and molecular report.
Bellevicine C, Malapelle U, Iaccarino A, Schettino P, Napolitano V, Zeppa P, Troncone G
Diagn Cytopathol 2013 Jan;41(1):77-80. Epub 2012 Sep 25 doi: 10.1002/dc.22923. PMID: 23008087
The cytology of pancreatic foamy gland adenocarcinoma.
Stelow EB, Pambuccian SE, Bardales RH, Debol SM, Mallery S, Lai R, Stanley MW
Am J Clin Pathol 2004 Jun;121(6):893-7. doi: 10.1309/CJ9E-F3XF-XWQ3-W82T. PMID: 15198363
Foamy gland pattern of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a deceptively benign-appearing variant.
Adsay V, Logani S, Sarkar F, Crissman J, Vaitkevicius V
Am J Surg Pathol 2000 Apr;24(4):493-504. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200004000-00003. PMID: 10757396

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