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Case Reports
. 2015 Jan;30(1):131-5.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2995-6.

Don't drop the anchor

Reza Sedighi Manesh  1 , Jeffrey Dixson, R Jeffrey Kohlwes
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Case Reports

Don't drop the anchor

Reza Sedighi Manesh et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jan.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Initial CT scan demonstrating tapering of the common bile duct at the head of the pancreas (arrow)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Liver protocol magnetic resonance imaging (left) demonstrated a 2.7 × 1.7-cm uncinate process mass, consistent with malignancy (circle). A magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (right) demonstrated intra- and extrahepatic biliary dilatation without pancreatic ductal dilatation (arrow)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Hematoxylin and eosin stain at low power (left) showed extensive duct-centered lymphoplasmacytic inflammation (arrows). Immunohistochemical staining for IgG4 at high power (right) revealed more than 100 IgG4-positive plasma cells per high power field (arrows)
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