Minute pancreatic adenocarcinoma presenting with stenosis of the main pancreatic duct

Pathology International

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 607-611

  Yachida, Shinichi ^a   Fukushima, Noriyoshi ^a   Nakanishi, Kazuaki ^b   Shimada, Kazuaki ^a   Kosuge, Tomoo ^a   Sakamoto, Michiie ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stage cancer; Elastosis; Main pancreatic duct; Pancreatic cancer; Small carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELASTIC TISSUE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VEIN; ADENOCARCINOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELASTIC TISSUE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 0036428779     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2002.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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