Pancreatic pseudocysts in the 21st century. Part I: Classification, pathophysiology, anatomic considerations and treatment

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-24

  Adrén Sandberg, Åke ^a   Dervenis, Christos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case management; Causality; Epidemiology; Hospital distribution systems; Pancreatic pseudocyst; Pancreatitis; Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing; Pancreatitis, alcoholic; Pathology; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; INCIDENCE; NOMENCLATURE; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 1442306466     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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