Cystic lesions of the pancreas: Current trends in approach and management

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1025, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Vyas, Soumil ^a   Markar, Sheraz ^a   Ezzat, Tarek M ^a   Ajit, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; MALE; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATIC SOLID PSEUDO PAPILLARY TUMOR; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952281113     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.097279     Document Type: Review

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