A rare nonmalignant mass of the pancreas: Case report and review of pancreatic sarcoidosis

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Wijkstrom, Martin ^a   Bechara, Rabih I ^a   Sarmiento, Juan M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG LAVAGE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS SARCOIDOSIS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949325884     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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