'Mass-forming' pancreatitis masquerades as pancreatic carcinoma

International Journal of Pancreatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-35

  Yamaguchi, Koji ^a   Chijiiwa, Kazuo ^a   Saiki, Shuji ^a   Nakatsuka, Akio ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; pancreatic carcinoma; pancreatic mass

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ANGIOGRAPHY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029770455     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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