Pancreatic endocrine tumors with intraductal growth into the main pancreatic duct and tumor thrombus within the portal vein: A case report and review of the literature

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 273-277

  Kawakami, Hiroshi ^a   Kuwatani, Masaki ^a   Hirano, Satoshi ^a   Kondo, Satoshi ^a   Nakanishi, Yoshitsugu ^b   Itoh, Tomoo ^b   Asaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine carcinoma; Endocrine tumor; Intraductal growth into the main pancreatic duct; Intraportal growth; Portal vein thrombus

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DUPAN 2; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; PANCREAS HORMONE; STREPTOZOCIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33947621677     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6314     Document Type: Article

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