Lymphoepithelial cysts in the pancreas: MRI of two cases with emphasis of diffusion-weighted imaging characteristics

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 692-696

  Nam, Se Jin ^a   Hwang, Ho Kyoung ^a   Kim, Hyunki ^a   Yu, Jeong Sik ^a   Yoon, Dong Sup ^a   Chung, Jae Joon ^a   Kim, Joo Hee ^a   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Lymphoepithelial cyst; Magnetic resonance; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOEPITHELIAL CYST; MALE; PANCREAS CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC CYST; RARE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956323082     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22260     Document Type: Article

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