Case Report
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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Feb 15, 2010; 2(2): 121-124
Published online Feb 15, 2010. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v2.i2.121
Granular cell tumor of the pancreas: A case report and review of literature
Atsushi Kanno, Kennichi Satoh, Morihisa Hirota, Shin Hamada, Jun Umino, Hiromichi Itoh, Atsushi Masamune, Shinichi Egawa, Fuyuhiko Motoi, Michiaki Unno, Kazuyuki Ishida, Tooru Shimosegawa
Atsushi Kanno, Kennichi Satoh, Morihisa Hirota, Shin Hamada, Jun Umino, Hiromichi Itoh, Atsushi Masamune, Tooru Shimosegawa, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aobaku, Sendai City, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan
Shinichi Egawa, Fuyuhiko Motoi, Michiaki Unno, Department of Hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aobaku, Sendai City, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan
Kazuyuki Ishida, Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aobaku, Sendai City, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan
Author contributions: Kanno A and Satoh K wrote the paper; Kanno A, Satoh K, Hirota M and Masamune A identified and diagnosed the patients; Egawa S, Motoi F and Unno M performed the operation; Ishida K confirmed the pathological diagnosis; Shimosegawa T supervised and participated in the editing the manuscript; All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Kennichi Satoh, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aobaku, Sendai City, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. ksatoh@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
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Received: August 23, 2009
Revised: November 14, 2009
Accepted: November 21, 2009
Published online: February 15, 2010
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