Non-neoplastic cystic and cystic-like lesions of the pancreas: May mimic pancreatic cystic neoplasms

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 325-331

  Goh, Brian K P ^a   Tan, Yu Meng ^a,b   Chung, Yaw Fui A ^a,b   Chow, Piercek H ^a,b   Ong, Hock Soo ^a,b   Lim, Dennis T H ^a,b   Wong, Wai Keong ^a,b   Ooi, London L P J ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Congenital cyst; Cystic lesion; Cystic neoplasm; Pancreatic cyst; Pancreatic cystic neoplasm; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; EXPERIENCE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33744732481     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03718.x     Document Type: Article

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