PMC368446_01
Preoperative localization of the tumour with Endoscopic Ultrasonograhy. Endoscopic Ultrasonography performed with a mechanical sector scanner (Olympus GF-UM 20, Hamburg, Germany) showeda hypoechogenic tumour of 10 x 20 mm in diameter, located between the isthmus and the body of the pancreas with no signs of vascular invasion or proximal pancreatic canal distension.
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Hamburg, Germany), which detected a 20 x 10 mm hypoechogenic tumour located at the junction of the isthmus and body of the pancreas, confirming previous ultrasonographic report (Figure 1). However, there was no sign of proximal pancreatic duct dilatation as well as of vascular invasion or metastatic disease, as reported on earlier ultrasonographic examination.
Gross appearance of the tumour in a cross-section of the pancreatic specimen. The tumour appears well demarcated from the surrounding parenchyma, is near to but not stenosing the pancreatic duct;
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Gross examination (Figure 2) of the cut specimen showed a tumour near but not compressing the pancreatic duct, which was not dilated.