Cystic Glucagonoma: A Rare Variant of an Uncommon Neuroendocrine Pancreas Tumor

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 533-536

  Brown, Kimberly ^a   Kristopaitis, Theresa ^a   Yong, Sherri ^a   Chejfec, Gregorio ^a   Pickleman, Jack ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic pancreatic neoplasm; Glucagonoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0032200381     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(98)80053-X     Document Type: Article

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