Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Brugge, William R ^a   Lauwers, Gregory Y ^a   Sahani, Dushyant ^a   Fernandez Del Castillo, Carlos ^a   Warshaw, Andrew L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACINAR CELL; ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ACINAR CELL CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; CYSTIC ENDOCRINE NEOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; JAUNDICE; MALE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY NEOPLASM; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADENOCARCINOMA; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544287129     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra031623     Document Type: Review

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