CASE REPORT

Acinar cell carcinoma - a rare tumour of the pancreas

Michael Klipin^I; Anna Sparaco^II; Jones Omoshoro-Jones^III; Martin Derek Smith^IV

^IB.SC.(HONS), M.B. B.CH., F.C.S. (S.A.); Hepatobiliary Unit, Department of Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
^IIM.B. B.CH., B.SC. (HONS), M.R.C.S. (ENGL.), F.C.S. (S.A.); Hepatobiliary Unit, Department of Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
^IIIM.D., F.C.S. (S.A.); Hepatobiliary Unit, Department of Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
^IVM.B. B.CH., F.C.S. (S.A.); Hepatobiliary Unit, Department of Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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