A case of gallbladder carcinoma associated with pancreatobiliary reflux in the absence of a pancreaticobiliary maljunction: A hint for early diagnosis of gallbladder carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 4593-4595

  Sai, Jin Kan ^a   Suyama, Masafumi ^a   Kubokawa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylase; Bile; Diagnosis; Gallbladder carcinoma; Pancreaticobiliary maljunction; Pancreatobiliary reflux

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE REFLUX; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BLADDER WALL; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33747454196     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i28.4593     Document Type: Article

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