A hepatoid carcinoma of the pancreatic head
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A hepatoid carcinoma of the pancreatic head
Hepatoid carcinoma (HC) is an extremely rare form of neoplasm. Its cellular structure resembles that of a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). To date, only 26 cases of hepatoid carcinoma of the pancreas have been reported in the literature. We report the diagnosis of a hepatoid carcinoma of the pancreatic head in a 78-year-old male patient. The tumor was detected incidentally during routine abdomin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2198-7793
DOI: 10.1186/s40792-016-0197-7