Small Nonfunctioning Islet Cell Tumor in the Body of the Pancreas: Report of a Case

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-180

  Terada, Ryusuke ^a,b   Ito, Shigehiko ^a   Akama, Fumitaka ^a   Kashima, Kiyotaka ^a   Kidogawa, Hideo ^a   Ooe, Hisakuni ^a  

^a KITAKYUSHU CITY YAHATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Nonfunctioning islet cell tumor; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS RESECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINDLE CELL; SPLENECTOMY; STAINING; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA, ISLET CELL; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0442291867     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2650-z     Document Type: Article

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