Pancreatic head mass: What can be done? Diagnosis: Computed tomography scan

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 95-99

  Winternitz, Tamáz ^a   Habib, Hay ^a   Kiss, Katalin ^a   Tihanyi, Tibor ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Diagnosis, differential; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Neoplasm staging; Pancreatic diseases; Pancreatic neoplasms; Pancreatic pseudocyst; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS TUMOR; RELIABILITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034285927     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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