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Adult-Onset Pancreatoblastoma
Thomas Gonzales1, Sultan Mahmood2, Saifur R Khan3,4,5,6
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Pancreatoblastoma (PB), an extremely rare malignancy of the pancreatic tissue, comprises less than 1% of all pancreatic tumors. Owing to the rarity of the malignancy and the potential for multiple differential diagnoses, adult-onset PB can be challenging to diagnose. The hallmark characteristic in diagnosing adult PB is found histologically. In approximately 90% of cases, squamous corpuscles are observed. We present the case of a patient diagnosed with adult-onset PB, who presented with key clinical and pathological features, as well as rarer characteristics, associated with the malignancy.
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