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Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas, a rare tumor entity: a case report
Pavlos Lampropoulos1, Georgios Filippou, Evangelia Skafida
1Department of General Surgery, Piraeus General Hospital "Tzaneio", Afentouli & Tzani Str, Piraeus-Athens, 16345, Greece.
Introduction:
Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare variant of exocrine pancreatic tumor. This type of tumor is extremely rare as only few similar cases have been described in the literature.
Case Presentation:
We present a case of a 72 years old male patient who was admitted to the hospital complaining of epigastric pain and jaundice. Pancreatic carcinoma of the head was diagnosed and a pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed.
Conclusion:
This type of cancer is a very aggressive tumor followed by a dismisal prognosis. Multimodality therapy seems to be a reasonable approach but more studies are needed, to propose the most effective treatment.
