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Pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm in a patient with Lynch syndrome.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Mar 2015
Flanagan Meghan R, Jayaraj Arjun, Xiong Wei, Yeh Matthew M, Raskind Wendy H, Pillarisetty Venu G
Abstract excerpt
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is a mucin-producing epithelial neoplasm that carries a risk of progression to invasive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Lynch syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition caused by germline mutations in mismatch repair genes such as MSH2 that lead to microsatellite instability and increased risk of tumor formation. Although families with Lynch syndrome have an...
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