Lymphoepithelial cyst: A rare cystic tumor of the pancreas which mimics carcinoma

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 392-394

  Barbaros, Umut ^a   Erbil, Yesim ^a   Kapran, Yersu ^a   Bozbora, Alp ^a   Özarmagan, Selçuk ^a   Bilgiç, Bilge ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cysts; Pancreas; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NOTE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21644448199     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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