Metastatic disease to the pancreas: An imaging challenge

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-172

  Triantopoulou, Charikleia ^a   Kolliakou, E ^a   Karoumpalis, I ^b   Yarmenitis, S ^a   Dervenis, C ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

CT; Metastasis; MRI; Pancreas; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867221527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-011-0144-x     Document Type: Review

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