Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Pancreas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

نویسندگان

  • Uirá Teixeira
  • Marcos Goldoni
  • Michelle Unterleider
  • João Diedrich
  • Diogo Balbinot
  • Pablo Rodrigues
  • Rodolfo Monteiro
  • Daniel Gomes
  • José Sampaio
  • Paulo Fontes
  • Fábio Waechter
چکیده

Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are presented as rare malignant neoplasms. In unusual cases, those neoplasms may arise in solid organs containing neuroendocrine cells, such as the pancreas. Herein the case of a 28-year-old patient that underwent gastroduodenopancreatectomy after the diagnosis of a huge mass (PNET) located in both head and body of the pancreas is reported. This is the 19th case of pancreatic PNET reported in literature.

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دوره 2015  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2015