"functional: ~85%"
"non-functional: ~15%"
"Classification based on location "
Expected headings
"Classification based on function"
"Exocrine tumours"
"Neuroendocrine tumours"
"Mesenchymal tumours"
"Classification based on location "
"Head"
"Body and tail"
"Intraductal"
"There are numerous primary pancreatic neoplasms, in part due to the mixed endocrine and exocrine components."
"previously referred to as islet cell tumours because they were thought to have originated from the islets of Langerhans; however, new evidence suggests that these tumours originate from pluripotent stem cells in the ductal epithelium 6"
"serous cystadenoma: usually head; 30% have a central scar"
"although the great majority of both benign and malignant pancreatic neoplasms arise from pancreatic epithelial cells, mesenchymal tumours, while rare, can derive from the connective, lymphatic, vascular, and neuronal tissues of the pancreas 7"