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. 2016 Dec 19;19(6):667–681. doi: 10.1007/s12094-016-1594-x

Table 1.

Pathological diagnosis

Classification of pancreatic tumors (WHO 2010 classification)
Benign
Acinar cell cystadenoma
Serous cystadenoma
Premalignant lesions
Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia type 3 (PanIN-3)
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with low or intermediate grade dysplasia
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms
High-grade dysplasia
Tubulo-papillary intraductal neoplasia
Mucinous cystic dysplasia neoplasia with low or intermediate grade
Mucinous cystic neoplasm with high-grade dysplasia
Malignant
Ductal adenocarcinoma
Adenosquamous carcinoma
Colloid carcinoma (non-cystic mucinous carcinoma)
Hepatoid carcinoma
Medullary carcinoma
Cell carcinoma signet ring
Undifferentiated carcinoma
Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells
Acinar cell carcinoma
Cystoadenocarcinoma acinar cells
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm or associated with invasive carcinoma
Mixed acinar-ductal carcinoma
Mixed acinar-neuroendocrine carcinoma
Mixed-neuroendocrine carcinoma acinar-ductal
Mixed ductal-neuroendocrine carcinoma
Mucinous cystic neoplasm associated with invasive carcinoma
Pancreatoblastoma
Serous cystoadenocarcinoma
Pseudopapillary or solid neoplasia
Neuroendocrine neoplasms
 Pancreatic neuroendocrine microadenoma
 Neuroendocrine tumor (NET)
Pancreatic, not functioning G1, G2 NET
G1 NET
G2 NET
 Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC)
Large cell NEC
Small cell NEC
 NET serotonin producer (carcinoid)
 Gastrinoma
 Glucagonoma
 Insulinoma
 Somatostatinoma
 VIPoma
Mature teratoma
Mesenchymal tumors
Lymphomas
Metastasis