Clear cell carcinoma of exocrine pancreas: A rare tumor with an unusual presentation

Pancreas

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-185

  Ray, Biswajit ^a   New, Norman E ^b   Wedgwood, Kevin R ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clear cell carcinoma; Pancreas; Rare tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14244269639     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000151579.37532.e0     Document Type: Article

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