Microinvasion of High-Grade Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia

High-grade pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN-3) is recognized as a precursor lesion of invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). However, histological evidence that PanIN-3 invades beyond the basement membrane of pancreatic ductal epithelium, that is, the moment PanIN-3 becomes IDC, has not been ca...

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Main Authors: Natsuko Kawada, Hiroyuki Uehara, Ryoji Takada, Takuo Yamai, Nobuyasu Fukutake, Kazuhiro Katayama, Akemi Takenaka, Shigenori Nagata, Yasuhiko Tomita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/346693