[An autopsy case of pancreatic cancer with carcinoid tumor of the appendix]

Abstract

A 78-year-old man with pancreatic carcinoma with carcinoid tumor of the appendix is reported. Upon autopsy, the tumor consisted of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with scirrhous-like spreading. In the appendix a carcinoid tumor, size measuring 2 mm X 1 mm, was seen; the carcinoid cells were argentaffin.