Intraductal mucin-producing tumors of the pancreas.
Four cases of intraductal mucin-producing tumors of the pancreas are presented, with a literature review. These tumors have been reported with increasing frequency, especially in Japan, since it was advocated that they represented a new clinical entity in 1982. Despite the recent controversy, intraductal mucin-producing pancreatic tumor has been recognized as a distinct entity, i.e., mucinous ductal ectasia. In the present paper, clinical features of these tumors and their relation to our own classification of mucin-producing pancreatic tumors are discussed.
Kawarada
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First Department of Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan.
Yano
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T
Yamamoto
T
T
Yokoi
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H
Imai
T
T
Ogura
Y
Y
Mizumoto
R
R
D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery