Case 194: periampullary hepatoid adenocarcinoma with duodenal invasion.

The diagnosis of hepatoid adenocarcinoma is challenging because this disease may mimic other neoplasms; however, tumor location, imaging features, and high a-fetoprotein level are clues to the diagnosis of this disease.

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