[Signet ring cell carcinoma of the pancreas: a case report]
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Robotic Enucleation of an Intra-Pancreatic Insulinoma in the Pancreatic Head
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Myriam Marcy1, Bruno Chetaille, Emmanuelle Charafe-Jauffret
1Service d'anatomie pathologique, Hôpital d'instruction des Armées BEGIN, 69 avenue de Paris 94160 Saint-Mandé, Cedex, France. jph.dufau@wanadoo.fr
Annales De Pathologie
|November 1, 2002
Abstract:
We report a case of signet ring cell carcinoma of the pancreas. This rare variant of ductal adenocarcinoma is composed exclusively of signet ring neoplastic cells in a mucinous stroma. Altogether, clinical, radiological and immunohistochemical data supported the pancreatic origin of the tumor.
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