Pancreatic metastasis of thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma: Is there a role for endoscopic ultrasound?: Report of a case and review of the literature

Pancreas

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-232

  Varytimiadis, Konstantinos ^a   Kalaitzakis, Evangelos ^b   Salla, Charitini ^a   Ghika, Efita ^a   Pandazopoulou, Akrivi ^a   Karoumpalis, Ioannis ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMIC NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; THYMUS CANCER; CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65349111255     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181816700     Document Type: Letter

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