Difficulty with diagnosis of malignant pancreatic neoplasms coexisting with chronic pancreatitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 5075-5078

  Leung, Ting Kai ^a   Lee, Chi Ming ^a   Wang, Fong Chieh ^a   Chen, Hsin Chi ^a   Wang, Hung Jung ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Mucinous cystic neoplasm; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; Pnacreatic carcinoma; Pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BYPASS SURGERY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMORBIDITY; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG METASTASIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW;

EID: 24144456959     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i32.5075     Document Type: Review

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