Pancreatic gangliocytic paraganglioma harboring lymph node metastasis: a case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Keisuke Nonaka (Author), Yoko Matsuda (Author), Akira Okaniwa (Author), Atsuko Kasajima (Author), Hironobu Sasano (Author), Tomio Arai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Gangliocytic paraganglioma (GP) is a rare neuroendocrine neoplasm, which occurs mostly in the periampullary portion of the duodenum; the majority of the reported cases of duodenal GP has been of benign nature with a low incidence of regional lymph node metastasis. GP arising from...