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Case Reports
. 2014 Dec;45 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):96-8.
doi: 10.1007/s12029-013-9572-9.

Undifferentiated pancreatic carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells: a case report

Noureddine Njoumi  1 , Faricha Hassan Elalami, Gilles Attolou, Omar Saoud, Mohamed Elabsi, Mahjoub Echarrab, Mohamed Elouannani, Abdelkader Errougani, Mohamed Amraoui, Mohamed Rachid Chkoff
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Undifferentiated pancreatic carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells: a case report

Noureddine Njoumi et al. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2014 Dec.
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Ultrasound: hypoechogenous, nodular formation in the pancreatic body
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Computed tomography: limited tissue mass in the pancreatic body, measuring 2.1 × 1.5 cm
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Surgical specimen: corporeo-caudal pancreatectomy
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Presence of osteoclast-like giant cells (magnification of ×40)
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Marking of tumor cells with anti-cytokeratin antibody (magnification of ×40)
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