Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas: Imaging features and diagnostic difficulties

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Scott, J ^a   Martin, I ^a   Redhead, D ^a   Hammond, P ^a   Garden, O J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Intervention; Mucinous cystic neoplasms; Pancreas; Pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS ANGIOGRAPHY; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034064052     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.1999.0341     Document Type: Article

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