Intravascular tumor: A previously unreported finding of glucagonoma

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 743-747

  Geehan, Douglas M ^a   Kapcala, Leonard P ^a   Saberinia, Massoud ^a   Scovill, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; SPLENIC VEIN;

ADENOMA, ISLET CELL; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PORTAL VEIN; SPLENIC VEIN;

EID: 0030790633     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199707000-00020     Document Type: Article

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