Malignant nonfunctioning islet cell tumor of the pancreas with intrasplenic growth: A case report

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 471-473

  Wang, Hong Jiang ^a   Zhao, Zuo Wei ^a   Luo, Hai Feng ^a   Wang, Zhong Yu ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intrasplenic growth; Nonfunctioning islet cell tumor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARCINOMA, ISLET CELL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748043283     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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