Anaplastic Pancreatic Carcinoma Arising Within a Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm of the Pancreas: A Case Report and a Brief Review of the Literature

Anaplastic Pancreatic Carcinoma Arising Within a Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm of the Pancreas: A Case Report and a Brief Review of the Literature

Background: Anaplastic pancreatic carcinomas (APCs) are among the least frequently encountered pancreatic malignancies, ranging from 0.5% to 7% of all nonendocrine pancreatic malignancies. Furthermore, few cases of APCs have been described arising within a pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN)....

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Main Authors: Alessandro Paniccia, Robert Torphy, Kalpana Devaraj, Richard D. Schulick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Pancreatic Cancer
Subjects:
anaplastic pancreatic carcinoma
APC
MCN
osteoclast-like giant cell
pancreatic cystic lesion
spindle cell
Online Access:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/PANCAN.2017.0004

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