Abstract:Lecture: On radiological study, 25% to 41% of the patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas have multifocal lesions. On the other hand, in pathological assessment, most of these patients had lots of micro premalignant lesions such as small IPMNs and pancreatic intraepitehrial neoplasms (PanINs) in the background pancreas, indicating that all the pancreas having IPMNs have a potential to develop multifocal lesions. There are 3 possible types of multifocal lesions in patients… Show more
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