Lymphocele Mimicking a Pancreatic Pseudocyst: Imaging Characteristics and Percutaneous Management

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 564-566

  Chen, Yung Hsin ^a,b   VanSonnenberg, Eric ^a,c   Urman, Richard ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interventional radiology; Lymphocele; Pancreas, pseudocyst; Pancreas, surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCELE; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 1642457378     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-003-2750-6     Document Type: Article

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