An unusual case of subclinical diffuse glucagonoma coexisting with two nodules in the pancreas: Characteristic features on computed tomography

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Azemoto, N ^a   Kumagi, T ^b   Yokota, T ^c   Kuroda, T ^b   Koizumi, M ^b   Yamanishi, H ^b   Soga, Y ^a   Furukawa, S ^b   Abe, M ^b   Ikeda, Y ^a   Hiasa, Y ^b   Matsuura, B ^b   Watanabe, J ^b   Kushihata, F ^b   Onji, M ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MATSUYAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCAGON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSE GLUCAGONOMA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCAGONOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861724601     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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