CT in the differentiation of pancreatic neoplasms - Progress report

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-17

  Gritzmann, Norbert ^a   Macheiner, Peter ^a   Hollerweger, Alois ^a   Hübner, Erich ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ductal cell adenocarcinoma; Functional tumors of the pancreas; Insulinoma; Mucinous tumors; Pancreas tumors; Pancreatic tumors; Serous cystadenoma; Staging

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLOID CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; GASTRINOMA; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSULINOMA; LIPOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OSTEOCLASTOMA; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSULINOMA; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4043176252     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078730     Document Type: Review

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