Acinar cell neoplasms of the exocrine pancreas.
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Acinar cell neoplasms of the exocrine pancreas.
The pathological features of 12 acinar cell neoplasms of the pancreas are described; these comprise 11 carcinomas, of which seven were pure acinar cell growths and four were mixed acinar and ductal carcinomas, and one adenoma. These tumors occurred in a series of 105 during the period 162-75. Thrombotic endocarditis developed in three out the 11 carcinoma cases. The distinctive histological fea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.30.2.103