Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas, a rare tumor entity: a case report.
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.
Lampropoulos
Pavlos
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Department of General Surgery, Piraeus General Hospital "Tzaneio", Afentouli & Tzani Str, Piraeus-Athens, 16345, Greece.
Filippou
Georgios
G
Skafida
Evangelia
E
Vasilakaki
Thivi
T
Paschalidis
Nikolaos
N
Rizos
Spiros
S