Pancreas divisum coexistent with gallbladder carcinoma - Report of a Chinese patient

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 879-881

  Lin, Chun Che ^a,b   Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Shun, Chia Tung ^a   Wang, Teh Hong ^a   Lin, Jaw Town ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder adenoma; Gallbladder carcinoma; Pancreas divisum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031824408     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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