Chronic asymptomatic pseudocyst with sludge aggregates masquerading as mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 766-769

  Kuba, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Koji ^a   Shimizu, Shuji ^a   Yokohata, Kazunori ^a   Sugitani, Atsushi ^a   Chijiiwa, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas; Pseudocyst of the pancreas

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMYLASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; MUCIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUCINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031666580     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050171     Document Type: Article

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