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Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Pancreas: A Case with K-rasMutation and a Review of the Literature

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  1. Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

    Tomotaka Akatsu PhD, MD & Masaki Kitajima MD

  2. Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

    Kaori Kameyama MD

  3. Department of Surgery, Takagi Hospital, Japan

    Masashi Tsugita MD

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Kumegawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Seiichi Ro MD

  5. Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjyuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Tomotaka Akatsu PhD, MD

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Akatsu, T., Tsugita, M., Ro, S. et al. Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Pancreas: A Case with K-rasMutation and a Review of the Literature. Dig Dis Sci 50, 2214–2217 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-005-3037-3

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