Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas, a rare tumor entity: a case report

نویسندگان

  • Pavlos Lampropoulos
  • Georgios Filippou
  • Evangelia Skafida
  • Thivi Vasilakaki
  • Nikolaos Paschalidis
  • Spiros Rizos
چکیده

INTRODUCTION Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare variant of exocrine pancreatic tumor. This type of tumor is extremely rare as only few similar cases have been described in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a 72 years old male patient who was admitted to the hospital complaining of epigastric pain and jaundice. Pancreatic carcinoma of the head was diagnosed and a pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed. CONCLUSION This type of cancer is a very aggressive tumor followed by a dismisal prognosis. Multimodality therapy seems to be a reasonable approach but more studies are needed, to propose the most effective treatment.

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دوره 2  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2009