Heterotopic pancreas mimicking cholangiocarcinoma. Case report and literature review

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Biswas, Atindriya ^a   Husain, Ehab A ^a   Feakins, Roger M ^a   Abraham, Ajit T ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Choristoma; Jaundice, obstructive; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC PANCREAS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VATER PAPILLA;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHORISTOMA; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; DUODENAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS;

EID: 33846470448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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