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Mixed exocrine-endocrine pancreatic carcinoma in childhood
C Ramachandra1, Suraj Manjunath, Bindhu Joseph
1Department of Surgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India.
Abstract:
A 7-year-old boy with mixed exocrine-endocrine pancreatic cancer is presented. This may be the second reported case of such a tumor in childhood.
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