Pancreatoblastoma with multiple peritoneal metastases: a rare entity with atypical presentation and review of literature

Autor: Vijay Verma, Keerthi Kocherla
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. :1514-1517
ISSN: 2320-6071
DOI: 10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150178
Popis: Pancreatoblastoma is a rare primary pancreatic neoplasm that predominantly effects young children and characterized by unique clinical features. Its biological behavior is aggressive with frequent local invasion and metastases. Only hundred cases have been reported in medical literature and its radiological features have been infrequently studied. We report the sonographic, contrast enhanced computed tomography findings of pancreatoblastoma in a 3 year old boy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Pancreatoblastoma is a rare primary pancreatic neoplasm that predominantly effects young children and characterized by unique clinical features. Its biological behavior is aggressive with frequent local invasion and metastases. Only hundred cases have been reported in medical literature and its radiological features have been infrequently studied. We report the sonographic, contrast enhanced computed tomography findings of pancreatoblastoma in a 3 year old boy.
ISSN:23206071
DOI:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150178