A case of AFP-positive pancreas papillary carcinoma suggestive of a primitive endoderm phenotype.

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1827.1993.tb01155.x

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A case of AFP-positive pancreas papillary carcinoma suggestive of a primitive endoderm phenotype.

Acta pathologica japonica - 1 Jan 2000

Iwai K, Ishikura H, Inoue T, Yoshiki T

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In a 70 year old woman with a tumor in the head of the pancreas, the lesion was predominantly composed of papillary adenocarcinoma protruding into the main pancreatic duct, with periductal invasion. The major portion of the adenocarcinoma was intraductal and was composed of tall columnar epitheli...

Topics

Adenocarcinoma
Aged
Biomarkers
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Carcinoma, Papillary
Female
Humans
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Phenotype
alpha-Fetoproteins

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