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Acinar Cell Carcinoma of Pancreas: a Case Report and Review of Literature

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), No.18, Sardar Patel road, Chennai, 600036, India

    Hemanth Makineni & Ramakrishnan Ayloor Seshadri

  2. Department of Oncopathology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India

    Shirley Sundersingh

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Makineni, H., Seshadri, R.A. & Sundersingh, S. Acinar Cell Carcinoma of Pancreas: a Case Report and Review of Literature. J Gastrointest Canc 50, 134–136 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-017-9987-9

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