Intrapancreatic accessory spleen mimicking endocrine tumor of the pancreas: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1471-1473

  Uchiyama, Shuichiro ^a   Chijiiwa, Kazuo ^a   Hiyoshi, Masahide ^a   Ohuchida, Jiro ^a   Imamura, Naoya ^a   Nagano, Motoaki ^a   Hidaka, Hideki ^a   Yorita, Kenji ^a   Akiyama, Yutaka ^a   Nishiura, Motoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Nishiura Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine tumor; Intrapancreatic accessory spleen; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48849086372     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0325-6     Document Type: Article

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