A wolf in sheep's clothing: A non-functioning islet cell tumor of the pancreas masquerading as a microcystic (serous cystic) adenoma

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-230

  Gerke, Henning ^a,b   Byrne, Michaell F ^a   Xie, Huiwen Bill ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Tyler, Douglas S ^a   Baillie, John ^a   Jowell, Paul S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Endosonography; Insulinoma; Pancreatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; ADENOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR;

ADENOMA; ADENOMA, ISLET CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 6344240745     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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