Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the pancreas is an extremely rare tumor with the normal pancreas being entirely devoid of squamous cells. It, however, has been noted that during inflammatory episodes, squamous metaplasia of ductal columnar cells has been observed; however, transformation to...

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Autores principales: Brijbassie, Alan, Stelow, Edward, Shami, Vanessa M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785278
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr605w
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description Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the pancreas is an extremely rare tumor with the normal pancreas being entirely devoid of squamous cells. It, however, has been noted that during inflammatory episodes, squamous metaplasia of ductal columnar cells has been observed; however, transformation to SCC is rare. We herein describe a case of pancreatic SCC and provide a review of existing literature.
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spelling pubmed-50405252016-10-26 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report and Review of Literature Brijbassie, Alan Stelow, Edward Shami, Vanessa M Gastroenterology Res Case Report Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the pancreas is an extremely rare tumor with the normal pancreas being entirely devoid of squamous cells. It, however, has been noted that during inflammatory episodes, squamous metaplasia of ductal columnar cells has been observed; however, transformation to SCC is rare. We herein describe a case of pancreatic SCC and provide a review of existing literature. Elmer Press 2014-08 2014-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5040525/ /pubmed/27785278 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr605w Text en Copyright 2014, Brijbassie et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785278
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr605w
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