Nonfunctioning islet cell tumors of the pancreas: A difficult diagnosis but one worth the effort

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 573-578

  Madura, James A ^a   Cummings, Oscar W ^a   Wiebke, Eric A ^a   Broadie, Thomas A ^a   Goulet Jr , Robert L ^a   Howard, Thomas J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; HORMONE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SURVIVAL; TRUNCUS VAGOTOMY;

ADENOMA, ISLET CELL; ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTRINOMA; HUMANS; INSULINOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030970498     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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