Shimizu M, Hirokawa M, Matsumoto T, Iwamoto S, Manabe T
Department of Pathology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
Pathol Int. 1997 Sep;47(9):633-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04554.x.
A case of fatty replacement of the pancreatic body and tail associated with leiomyosarcoma of the pancreatic head is presented. Clinicopathological features as well as differential diagnoses are described with a review of the literature on both leiomyosarcoma and fatty replacement of the pancreas. A possible correlation between the two lesions is also discussed.