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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Pancreatic Head: An Unusual Cause of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis – Case Presentation of a Palliative Approach after Failed Resection and Review of the Literature

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are a rare cause of echo-poor pancreatic head enlargement. Histologically, IMTs are characterized by spindle-shaped myofibroblasts or fibroblasts accompanied by a mixed immune cell infiltration. The most common localizations of IMTs have been reported in lu...

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Autores principales: Schütte, Kerstin, Kandulski, Arne, Kuester, Doerthe, Meyer, Frank, Wieners, Gero, Schulz, Hans-Ulrich, Malfertheiner, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21113286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000320953