World Journal of Oncology, ISSN 1920-4531 print, 1920-454X online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 7, Number 1, February 2016, pages 13-16

Pancreatic Carcinoma: the Disease that Kills

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Ultrasound images (a, b, c) revealed edematous and heterogeneous pseudo-cystic changes on the body of pancreatic parenchyma (Department of Radiology in the University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Pristine).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Multidetector computed tomography: axial plane (a, b, c); coronal plane (d, e, f); sagittal plane (g, h, i); results are highly suggestive of primary neoplastic process on the body of the pancreas with multiple liver metastasis and lymphadenopathy along hepatoduodenal ligament, and retropancreatic and intraperitoneal regions.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Histopathology findings (a, b) showing the erythrocyte domination and multiple clusters of malign epithelial cells. In some microscopic fields, tumor cells cause obliteration of the vascular lumens (Institute of Pathology in the University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Pristine).