Diagnosis of ruptured superior mesenteric artery aneurysm mimicking a pancreatic mass

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2298-2301

  Palmucci, Stefano ^a   Mauro, Letizia Antonella ^a   Milone, Pietro ^a   di Stefano, Francesco ^b   Scolaro, Antonino ^b   di Cataldo, Antonio ^a   Ettorre, Giovanni Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Garibaldi Nesima Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ruptured aneurysm; Superior mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

EID: 77952665465     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i18.2298     Document Type: Article

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