Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma mimicking a pancreatic cystic tumor: Case report and literature review

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2418-2420

  Hsiao, Wei Chiang ^a   Lin, Pin Wen ^a   Chang, Kong Chao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cystic tumor; Retroperitoneal; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PANCREAS CYST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURILEMMOMA; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032426142     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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