Sonographic appearance of focal fatty infiltration of the pancreas

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-47

  Yang, Dal Mo ^a   Kim, Hyun Cheol ^a   Ryu, Jung Kyu ^a   Joo, Kwang Ro ^a   Ahn, Kyu Jeong ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fatty infiltration; Lipoma; Pancreas; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74549191303     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20632     Document Type: Article

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