Accessory spleen presenting as a mass in the tail of the pancreas

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-281

  Tozbikian, Gary ^a   Bloomston, Mark ^a   Stevens, Robert ^a   Ellison, E Christopher ^a   Frankel, Wendy L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory spleen; Distal pancreatectomy; Intrapancreatic spleen; Pancreatic tumor

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447275242     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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