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[Mucin-hypersecretory pancreatic tumors: a pathology with defined characteristics]
J Robles Fornieles1, F García Durán, A Muñoz-Calero
1Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas
|January 31, 1998
Abstract:
We report a case of a mucin-producing tumor of the pancreas, a rare neoplasm of which only a few cases have been described in Europe. The finding of progressive hyperamylasemia without abdominal pain suggests the presence of this type of tumor. At endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP), mucinous excretion and ductal dilation were found. Its prognosis is better than adenocarcinoma.