Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

 

Malignant cells are forming poorly-differentiated gland-like structures in this example of pancreatic cancer. A desmoplastic response has been provoked, a common phenomenon. The fourth leading cause of cancer death, pancreatic cancer carries a terrible prognosis.

Contributed by Dr. Robert Van Wesep

1 minute clinical correlation

 

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