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Case 72: Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma with Medullary Features

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This middle-aged woman presented with 6 months of vague upper abdominal pain and unintentional weight loss.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    William Laxton MD

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  1. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Atif Zaheer

  2. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Elliot K. Fishman

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Meredith E. Pittman

  4. The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Department of Pathology , Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Ralph H. Hruban

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Laxton, W. (2017). Case 72: Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma with Medullary Features. In: Zaheer, A., Fishman, E., Pittman, M., Hruban, R. (eds) Pancreatic Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52680-5_72

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