Pancreatic Collision Tumor of Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Neuroendocrine Tumor
Open Access
- 23 May 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in ACG Case Reports Journal
- Vol. 5 (1), e39
- https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.2018.39
Abstract
A pancreatic collision tumor is a rare entity that can be challenging to diagnose. We present a very rare case of a pancreatic collision tumor composed of both a neuroendocrine tumor and a ductal adenocarcinoma. Preoperative diagnosis was clinically challenging because both the radiology and fine-needle biopsy were consistent with a typical neuroendocrine mass. However, gross examination of the mass postoperatively revealed neuroendocrine cells with rare foci of ductal adenocarcinoma without a transition zone. Awareness of this entity is important so that medical practitioners consider pursuing surgical management of pancreatic lesions that otherwise would be managed exclusively with surveillance.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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