Pancreatic tumor of mesenchymal origin--an unusual surgical finding.

Recently, a patient with an unusual pancreatic tumor of smooth muscle origin, presented at the First Surgical Clinic, Charles University Hospital, Prague. Leiomyosarcoma, a malignant smooth muscle tumor, may arise almost anywhere in the body. Pancreatic localization is very unusual. A number of authors have surveyed the literature on pancreatic tumors of mesenchymal origin. As many as fifty cases have been reported in autopsy studies since 1882. Only six operated cases of pancreatic sarcomas were found in surgical series.