Small serotonin-producing neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas associated with pancreatic duct obstruction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kawamoto, Satomi ^a   Shi, Chanjuan ^b   Hruban, Ralph H ^b   Choti, Michael A ^b   Schulick, Richard D ^b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a   Siegelman, Stanley S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic atrophy; Pancreatic duct obstruction; Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SEROTONIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80052229438     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5428     Document Type: Review

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