Melanotic schwannoma of the pancreas: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 550-553

  Akiyoshi, Takashi ^a   Ueda, Yuji ^a   Yanai, Kohsuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Kawamoto, Masahiko ^a   Toyoda, Kiyokazu ^a   Hayashi, Tohru ^a   Ohuchida, Jiro ^b  

^a MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL MIYAZAKI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystic tumor; Melanotic schwannoma; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; NEURILEMMOMA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942622219     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2744-2     Document Type: Article

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