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Pancreatic Medullary Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
459392
•Concept ID:
C2987166
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma characterized by poor differentiation and a prominent syncytial growth pattern. The prognosis is more favorable compared to conventional pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPancreatic Medullary Carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Pancreatic medullary carcinoma developed on a pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with loss of MSH2 and MSH6 expression: a case report.
Verocq C, Racu ML, Bafort D, Butorano G, Perez-Casanova Garcia L, Navez J, Witterwulghe M, Sheahan K, Swan N, Closset J, Van Laethem JL, Maris C, D'Haene N
Diagn Pathol 2021 Dec 13;16(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s13000-021-01178-0. PMID: 34895278Free PMC Article
Medullary carcinoma of the pancreas in a man with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer due to a mutation of the MSH2 mismatch repair gene.
Banville N, Geraghty R, Fox E, Leahy DT, Green A, Keegan D, Geoghegan J, O'Donoghue D, Hyland J, Sheahan K
Hum Pathol 2006 Nov;37(11):1498-502. Epub 2006 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.06.024. PMID: 16996571

Clinical prediction guides

Pancreatic medullary carcinoma developed on a pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with loss of MSH2 and MSH6 expression: a case report.
Verocq C, Racu ML, Bafort D, Butorano G, Perez-Casanova Garcia L, Navez J, Witterwulghe M, Sheahan K, Swan N, Closset J, Van Laethem JL, Maris C, D'Haene N
Diagn Pathol 2021 Dec 13;16(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s13000-021-01178-0. PMID: 34895278Free PMC Article

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