Gastric Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma with Intestinal Phenotypes Harboring a TP53 R175H Mutation.

We report a case of gastric invasive micropapillary carcinoma (IMPC) in an 86-year-old female patient. She was admitted to our hospital with a chief complaint of bloody emesis. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy found a gastric adenocarcinoma at the antrum.

Mucinous cystic tumors of the pancreas.

Purpose: This study was conducted to clarify the clinicopathologic characteristics relevant to the specific diagnosis of mucinous cystic tumors of the pancreas.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical features and histopathologic findings of five patients who underwent curative resection for mucinous cystic tumors of the pancreas at our hospital between 1975 and 2000.

Results: All five patients were women, ranging in age from 36 to 69 years, and the tumors were located in the pancreatic body and tail.