Mixed serous-neuroendocrine neoplasm of the pancreas: A case report and review of the literature
Yue-Mei Xu, Zhi-Wen Li, Hong-Yan Wu, Xiang-Shan Fan, Qi Sun, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Xu YM and Sun Q were the patient’s diagnostic pathologists, followed the patient, reviewed the literature, and contributed to manuscript drafting; Li ZW collected the data and contributed to manuscript drafting; Wu HF was responsible for immunohistochemical detection; Sun Q and Fan XS were responsible for the revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; all authors issued final approval for the version to be submitted.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81702596.
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Corresponding author: Qi Sun, MD, Doctor, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China. blkqisun@qq.com
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Received: August 22, 2019
Peer-review started: August 22, 2019
First decision: September 23, 2019
Revised: October 14, 2019
Accepted: November 15, 2019
Article in press: November 15, 2019
Published online: December 6, 2019