The incidental asymptomatic pancreatic lesion: Nuisance or threat?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-415

  Sachs, Teviah ^a   Pratt, Wande B ^a   Callery, Mark P ^a   Vollmer Jr , Charles M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IPMN; Pancreatic cyst; Pancreatic incidentaloma; Pancreatic malignancy; Pancreatic resection; Precursor lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349181340     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0788-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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