Duodeno-Pancreatic Preservation in a Big Tumor of the Uncinate Process: A Tactic in Patients Previously Submitted to Total Colectomy

Case Report

Kassab P, Nara F, Ilias EJ,

Abstract

The possibility of preserving the duodenum and pancreas in the uncinate process neoplasms is, in general, reserved to less aggressive tumors. The literature describes this type of surgery for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), or for cystic tumors.

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