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Case 6: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Adenosquamous Variant

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50-year-old woman presented with history of weight loss and nonspecific abdominal pain over the past several weeks.

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Coquia, S. (2017). Case 6: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Adenosquamous Variant. In: Zaheer, A., Fishman, E., Pittman, M., Hruban, R. (eds) Pancreatic Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52680-5_6

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