Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein invasion, masquerading as pancreatic mass, diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA)

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 789-791

  Storch, Ian ^a   Gomez, Carmen ^a   Contreras, Francisco ^a   Schiff, Eugene ^a   Ribeiro, Afonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

EUS FNA; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Pancreatic mass

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 33847182456     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9325-8     Document Type: Article

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