Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm: A New Entity in the Spectrum of Pancreatic Intraductal Neoplasms
Published: September 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/28596.10663
Houcine Maghrebi, Amin Makni, Rami Rhaeim, Alia Zehani, Zoubeir Bensafta
1. Consultant, Department of Surgery, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
2. Professor, Department of Surgery, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
3. Consultant, Department of Surgery, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
4. Consultant, Department of Pathology, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
5. Professor, Department of Surgery, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Correspondence
Dr. Houcine Maghrebi
1007 Rue Djebel lakhdhar Tunis Service Dechirurgie, A-Hopital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia.
E-mail: dr_houcine@yahoo.fr
Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasms (ITPN) is a rare and new entity defined as an intraductal, grossly visible, tubule-forming epithelial neoplasm with high- grade dysplasia and ductal differentiation without overt production of mucin. Its clinical presentation can be varied, which makes the diagnosis quite challenging. In this report, we present a case of pancreatic ITPN and review the published work to learn clinicopathological, radiological features and treatment strategies of this recently proposed pancreatic neoplasm.
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