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Intraductal growing acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas

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Acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) is a rare pancreatic exocrine neoplasm characterized by a huge, exophytic well-circumscribed hypovascular mass. There has been several reports describing intraductal and papillary variant of ACC and they showed different radiologic features from usual ACC. We present histologically confirmed cases of intraductal and papillary variant of ACC that had been found in two patients, who underwent CT and MRI. This report provides CT and MRI features of intraductal and papillary variant of ACC in pancreas with pathologic correlation after surgical excision.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul, 135-710, Korea

    Hae Jin Kim, Young Kon Kim & Jae Hoon Lim

  2. Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Kee Taek Jang

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Kim, H.J., Kim, Y.K., Jang, K.T. et al. Intraductal growing acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas. Abdom Imaging 38, 1115–1119 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-013-9993-8

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