Endoscopic Ultrasound with Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) Is Valuable in the Diagnosis of Side-Branch Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasia (SB-IPMN) of the Pancreas

Endoscopic Ultrasound with Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) Is Valuable in the Diagnosis of Side-Branch Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasia (SB-IPMN) of the Pancreas

Background: Pancreatic SB-IPMN often are discovered incidentally by imaging and mistaken for pseudocysts or other cystic neoplasia. Recent experience suggests that SB-IPMN may cause abdominal pain or pancreatitis and can lead to adenocarcinoma. Thus accurate diagnosis of this condition is important....

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Main Author: Azar, Riad R. (author)
Other Authors: Ringold, Daniel A. (author), Shroff, Puneet (author), Sikka, Sanjay (author), Maple, John (author), Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa S. (author), Early, Dayna S. (author), Edmundowicz, Steven A. (author)
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Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2007.03.713
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(07)01204-7/abstract
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http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2007.03.713
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(07)01204-7/abstract

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