Subcutaneous fat necrosis as the presenting feature of a pancreatic carcinoma: The challenge of differentiating endocrine and acinar pancreatic neoplasms

Pancreas

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Martin, Sean K ^a,c   Agarwal, Gaurava ^a   Lynch, Garrett R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Neoplasm; Neuroendocrine tumor; Pancreas; Panniculitis

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; EFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; FAT NECROSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANNICULITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAT NECROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANNICULITIS; SKIN;

EID: 65349185475     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31817dd07e     Document Type: Article

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