One Distinctive Presentation in Radiology of Pancreatic Cancer: A Rare Case Report

He Xu1, Qingkai Zhang1, Xue Gao2

  • 1Department of Acute Abdominal Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.

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