Solitary main pancreatic ductal calculus of possible biliary origin causing acute pancreatitis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 445-448

  Chaparala, Ramakrishna Prasad Chowdary ^a   Patel, Rafiuddin ^a   Guthrie, James Ahsley ^a   Davies, Mervyn Huw ^a   Guillou, Pierre J ^a   Menon, Krishna V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lithiasis; Pancreatic ducts; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PANCREAS STONE; PANCREAS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CALCULI; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSCOPY; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27644565902     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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