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(a) Cross-section, and (b) sagittal section CT scan showing a large, solid, and heterogeneous mass located on the tail of the pancreas. This mass was enhanced after the injection of the contrast agent.
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The thoracic-abdominopelvic CT scan was performed and it showed a pancreatic mass invading the transverse colon without any other metastatic localizations (Figure 1).
Intraoperative image showing a large greyish pancreatic mass invading the transverse colon.
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The rest of the abdominal cavity was free of sarcomatosis (Figure 2).
Magnification in hematoxylin-eosin staining x50: infiltration of the pancreas at low magnification; normal pancreatic tissue at the top and tumor proliferation at the bottom.
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Pathological examination showed a pancreatic localization of the previously diagnosed monophasic synovial sarcoma with free surgical margins (Figures 3 and 4).
Magnification in hematoxylin-eosin staining x400: infiltration of the pancreas at pancreatic acini (asterisk) tumor proliferation (arrows).
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Pathological examination showed a pancreatic localization of the previously diagnosed monophasic synovial sarcoma with free surgical margins (Figures 3 and 4).