Peri-ampullary mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma.

Rare Tumors

Department of Internal medicine, Oncology unit, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon;

Published: April 2011

Mixed acinar-endocrine carcinomas (MAEC) are rare tumors of the pancreas. We present the case of a patient with periampullary tumor that presented with painless jaundice and after investigation was found to have MAEC. He underwent pancreaticoduo-dunectomy with tumor free margins and negative lymph nodes. The patient presented with local recurrence and liver metastasis after 1 year and is on chemotherapy with stable lesions 30 months after the diagnosis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132119PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2011.e15DOI Listing

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