Pancreaticothoracic fistulas: Imaging findings in five patients

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 761-767

  Francois C J ^a   Demos, T C ^a   Iqbal, N ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreaticobronchial fistulas; Pancreaticomediastinal fistulas; Pancreaticopericardial fistulas; Pancreaticopleural fistulas; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATITIS; PERICARDIUM; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28544443609     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-0320-x     Document Type: Article

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