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We report an adolescent female with a rare papillary epithelial pancreatic neoplasm which is considered to have little malignant potential [1]. The tumor has not locally recurred or metastasized, but the patient experienced severe exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency following radical surgery including total pancreatectomy.
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Porter, M.G., Krous, H.F., Weedn, R.J., Lambird, P. (1982). Low Grade Papillary Pancreatic Neoplasm in an Adolescent Female. In: Humphrey, G.B., Grindey, G.B., Dehner, L.P., Acton, R.T., Pysher, T.T. (eds) Pancreatic Tumors in Children. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7615-3_13
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