Clinical Approach to Incidental Pancreatic Cystic Lesions
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Management of Incidental Pancreatic Cystic Lesions
BACKGROUND Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCL) are common. They are increasingly detected as an incidental finding of transabdominal ultrasound or cross-sectional imaging. In contrast to other parenchymal organs, dysontogenetic pancreatic cysts are extremely rare. In symptomatic patients the most frequent PCL are acute and chronic pseudocysts. The majority of incidental cystic lesions, however, are...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1598-9992
DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2010.55.3.154