Minute carcinoma of the pancreas presenting as pancreatic pleural effusion

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 900-904

  Shimaoka, Shunji ^a   Tashiro, Kotaro ^a   Matsuda, Akio ^a   Nioh, Tatsuyuki ^a   Niihara, Toru ^a   Ohi, Hidehisa ^a   Yamasuji, Tadashi ^a   Nishimata, Yoshito ^a   Nishimata, Hiroto ^a   Suenaga, Toyokuni ^a   Kajiya, Yoriko ^a  

^a Nanpuh Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Minute carcinoma of the pancreas; Pancreatic pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 10744224164     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-002-1169-1     Document Type: Article

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