Argon plasma coagulation treatment of intraductal papillary neoplasm of biliary tract: an alternative approach
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Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
A 75-year-old male with a history of dyslipidemia, no alcohol abuse, acute pericarditis and two pancreatitis episodes 16 and 3 years ago, consulted due to a new pancreatitis episode (amylase 536 IU/l). Abdominal CT and MRI showed irregular, rosary-like dilatation of the duct of Wirsung in the body and tail (Fig. 1). In the pancreatic body-tail, echoendoscopy revealed a 15-mm duct of Wirsung wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: VideoGIE
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2468-4481
DOI: 10.1016/j.vgie.2018.03.006