False-positive cytology in diagnostic laparoscopy due to ectopic pancreas

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 434-436

  Sloots, C E J ^b   De Brauw, L M ^b   Bot, F J ^b   Greve, J W M ^a  

^a StJosefs Krankenhaus Heidelberg   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnostic laparoscopy; Ectopic pancreas; False positive cytology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PANCREAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERITONEAL FLUID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PANCREAS; STOMACH DISEASES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032753837     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018762     Document Type: Article

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