Acute pancreatitis resulting from a non-functional islet cell tumor detected and localized by EUS

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-121

  Faulx, Ashley ^b   Pfau, Patrick R ^b   Esber, Edward J ^b   Ciaccia, Donate ^b   Chak, Amitabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CARCINOMA, ISLET CELL; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 0036134157     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.120322     Document Type: Article

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