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From: Use of a standardized diagnostic approach improves the prognostic information of histopathologic factors in pancreatic and periampullary adenocarcinoma

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Accessing a pancreaticoduodenectomy specimen through the bile duct. (A) Anterior view of a painted pancreaticoduodenectomy specimen. Posterior – black, anterior – blue, pancreatic transection margin – yellow, SMV-margin - red and SMA-margin - green. A probe is inserted in the lumen of the bile duct. (B) posterior view, (C) posterior view with the bile duct opened longitudinally, and (D) the pancreatic parenchyme accessed through the bile duct, visualizing the ampulla, the bile duct and parts of the pancreatic parenchyme, as well as parts of the margins.

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Diagnostic Pathology

ISSN: 1746-1596

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