Pancreatic carcinoma associated with portal vein tumor thrombus: Three case reports

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Yamato, Hiroaki ^a   Kawakami, Hiroshi ^a   Kuwatani, Masaki ^a   Shinada, Keisuke ^a   Kondo, Satoshi ^a   Kubota, Kanako ^b   Asaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraportal growth; Pancreatic carcinoma; Pancreatic tumor; Portal vein; Tumor thrombus

Indexed keywords

5 CHLORO 2,4 DIHYDROXYPYRIDINE PLUS OXONATE POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GEMCITABINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAUNDICE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; PREJUDICE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 61749104489     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1049     Document Type: Article

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