(1) Submitted material is entirely formed of fibroadipose tissue moderately infiltrated by inflammatory cells with areas showing evident fat necrosis and related mild fibrosis. No evidence of pancreatic parenchymatous tissue in submitted material.
(2) Submttted smear is hemorrhagic and showing degenerative changes due to drying artifacts of bad fixation.
Pancreatic head mass. ? Cancer. Associated abdominal pain.
Two samples were submitted: (1) Fibrofatty tissue fragment measures 1.2x0.8x0.7 cm. (2) One unstained smear was submitted and pap-stained.
Pancreatic head mass, incision biopsy and FNAC:
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