title: Intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms: a new and evolving entity among the pancreatic tumors.
abstract: The intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas have only recently been recognized as a clinical and pathological entity. They show an adenoma-carcinoma sequence, but have a much more favorable prognosis than ductal adenocarcinoma. Moreover, it has become clear that they constitute a heterogeneous group with at least four histopathological subtypes that have different biological properties with different prognostic implications.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsklinikum S-H, Campus Kiel.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klöppell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosmahl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sipos
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis