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Familial fibrocystic pancreatic atrophy with endocrine cell hyperplasia and pancreatic carcinoma.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Aug 2001
Meckler K A, Brentnall T A, Haggitt R C, Crispin D, Byrd D R, Kimmey M B, Bronner M P
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the pathology of familial pancreatic carcinoma may provide important insights into pancreatic tumorigenesis. We now describe in detail the pancreatic pathology of an autosomal dominant pancreatic carcinoma kindred with distinct clinical, genetic, and pathologic manifestations differing from all other reported forms of sporadic or familial pancreatic neoplasia. Affected individuals develop a prodrome...
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