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High-grade transformation of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor associated with TP53 mutations: A diagnostic pitfall mimicking neuroendocrine carcinoma.
Pathology international - 1 Aug 2022
Tanaka Mariko, Shinozaki-Ushiku Aya, Kunita Akiko, Yasunaga Yoichi, Akamatsu Nobuhisa, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, Ushiku Tetsuo
Abstract excerpt
Among pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, mutations in ATRX, DAXX, and MEN1 are specific to neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), whereas TP53 and RB1 mutations are characteristic of neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs). We report a case of pancreatic NET that underwent high-grade transformation associated with acquisition of TP53 mutations. The primary pancreatic tumor consisted of conventional grade 2 NET with loss of...
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