Thoracopancreatic fistula: Clinical and imaging findings

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-187

  Fulcher, Ann Simpson ^a   Capps, Gerald Wayne ^a,b   Turner, Mary Ann ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Martha Jefferson Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Fistula, pancreaticopleural; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pancreas, diseases; Pancreatic ducts; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; CLINICAL FEATURES; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FISTULA, PANCREATICOPLEURAL; IMAGING FEATURES; MR CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PANCREAS, DISEASE; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS; PSEUDOCYST;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS FISTULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032992361     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199903000-00004     Document Type: Article

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