Splenic rupture: A rare presentation of pancreatic carcinoma

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1146-1150

  Smith, Wendy M ^a   Lucas, Joel G ^a   Frankel, Wendy L ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; REVIEW; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 4744337674     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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