Is there any clinical or radiologic feature as a preoperative marker for differentiating mass-forming pancreatitis from early-stage pancreatic adenocarcinoma?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 2134-2140

  Lee, Hyuk ^a   Jong, Kyun Lee ^a   Seok, Seon Kang ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a   Jang, Kee Tack ^a   Jeong, Hwan Kim ^a   Kyu, Taek Lee ^a   Seung, Woon Paik ^a   Byung, Chul Yoo ^a   Jong, Chul Rhee ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Differential diagnosis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram; Pancreatic neoplasm; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; SCLEROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37749027236     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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