Lymphoplasmacytic granuloma localized to the ampulla of Vater: an ampullary lesion of IgG4-related systemic disease?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1229-1232

  Hisa, Takeshi ^a   Ohkubo, Hiroki ^a   Shiozawa, Satoshi ^a   Ishigame, Hiroki ^a   Furutake, Masayuki ^a   Takamatsu, Masato ^a  

^a Departments of Internal Medicine (TH MF MT)   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOPLASMACYTIC GRANULOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VATER PAPILLA;

AGED; AMPULLA OF VATER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 56349168906     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.02.079     Document Type: Article

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