A Pancreatic Lymphoepithelial Cyst With Floating Balls
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Pancreatic Lymphoepithelial Cyst Showing Multiple Floating Ball-like Appearances.
A lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) is a rare pancreatic lesion, histologically showing squamous epithelia, dense lymphoid tissues, and a keratin substance. Cross-section images of the pancreatic LEC typically show a well demarcated unilocular or multilocular cyst without a solid component. Here we report a rare case of pancreatic LEC in which multiple floating ball-like components were depicted via ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1542-3565
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.01.029