Normal variations in pancreatic contour are associated with intestinal malrotation and can mimic neoplasm

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1187-1192

  Chandra, J ^a   Grierson, C ^b   Bungay, H ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APLASIA; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INTESTINE MALROTATION; INTESTINE TUMOR; MALE; MALROTATION SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATIC HEAD CONTOUR ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN INVERSION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 84869091887     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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