Imaging Findings in a Case of Mixed Acinar-Endocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas
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Imaging Findings in a Case of Mixed Acinar-Endocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas
Mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma (MAEC) of the pancreas is extremely uncommon. We report here a rare case of MAEC of the pancreas presenting as watery diarrhea. This is the first report in the English-language literature that describes the imaging findings of MAEC of the pancreas, including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and MR cholangiopancreatography features.
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Radiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1229-6929
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.3.378