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Intraductal dissemination of papillary adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater in the pancreatic duct.
Pathology international - 1 Jan 2014
Matsubara Akiko, Nara Satoshi, Sekine Shigeki, Ojima Hidenori, Kosuge Tomoo, Shimada Kazuaki, Kushima Ryoji, Kanai Yae, Hiraoka Nobuyoshi
Abstract excerpt
It has been speculated that intraductal dissemination, via the pancreatic duct, bile duct, or mammary duct, is a unique form of cancer cell spread. However, clinical evidence to confirm this form of dissemination has been lacking. Here we report a case of papillary adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater in which retrograde dissemination to the pancreatic duct was strongly suggested. A 79-year-old woman underwent...
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