title: Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas, a rare tumor entity: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare variant of exocrine pancreatic tumor. This type of tumor is extremely rare as only few similar cases have been described in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of a 72 years old male patient who was admitted to the hospital complaining of epigastric pain and jaundice. Pancreatic carcinoma of the head was diagnosed and a pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This type of cancer is a very aggressive tumor followed by a dismisal prognosis. Multimodality therapy seems to be a reasonable approach but more studies are needed, to propose the most effective treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Piraeus General Hospital "Tzaneio", Afentouli & Tzani Str, Piraeus-Athens, 16345, Greece.
authors.forename: Pavlos
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lampropoulos
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Filippou
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skafida
authors.forename: Thivi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vasilakaki
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paschalidis
authors.forename: Spiros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rizos