Definition of MCN (mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas) and a proposal for a new concept of MRN or MSN (mucinous round or spherical neoplasm)

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 1954-1956

  Kimura, Wataru ^a   Nomura, Takashi ^a   Mizutani, Masaomi ^a   Ma, Jinfeng ^a   Hirai, Ichiro ^a   Fuse, Akira ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IPMN; MCN; MRN; Ovarian like stroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, CYSTIC, MUCINOUS, AND SEROUS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37749032465     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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