Mixed exocrine-endocrine tumors of the pancreas.

Abstract:

:Neoplasms of the pancreas usually show either ductal, acinar, or endocrine differentiation. Mixed exocrine-endocrine pancreatic neoplasms, in which the endocrine component is significant and comprises one-third to one-half of the tumor tissue, are rare. Truly mixed tumors have to be distinguished from exocrine neoplasms with scattered endocrine cells. In ductal adenocarcinomas, the scattered endocrine cells seem to be nonneoplastic. In other malignancies such as acinar cell carcinoma and pancreatoblastoma, scattered endocrine cells most likely represent an integral component of the tumor.

journal_name

Semin Diagn Pathol

authors

Klöppel G

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-05-01 00:00:00

pages

104-8

issue

2

eissn

0740-2570

journal_volume

17

pub_type

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