Air in the main pancreatic duct: Demonstration with US

Radiology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 801-803

  Costa, Pier Lorenzo ^a,b   Righetti, Gabriella ^a  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pancreas, abnormalities, 774.78; Pancreas, US studies, 774.12981; Pancreatic ducts, 774.78

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS DUCT DILATATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PANCREATIC DUCTS;

EID: 0026347953     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.181.3.1947100     Document Type: Article

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