Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: Report of five cases
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[Solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: report of four cases].
BACKGROUND Solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare neoplasia of pancreas, with a rate varying from 0.17%-2.7% of non-endocrine tumors of the pancreas. Recently there has been a steady increase in the number of solid-pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas, with more than two thirds of the total cases described in the last 10 years. OBJECTIVE To evaluate four patients with Frantz'...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2230-9012
DOI: 10.5348/ijhpd-2012-5-cs-3