A rare diagnosis for a pancreatic mass: Splenosis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 913-914

  Fiamingo, Pietro ^a   Veroux, Massimiliano ^b   Da Rold, Antonio ^a   Guerriero, Silvio ^a   Pariset, Stefano ^a   Buffone, Antonino ^b   Tedeschi, Umberto ^a  

^a SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory spleen; Autotransplantation; Pancreas; Spleen; Splenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TIME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23644437361     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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