Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 7 , Pages 734-737 , July 2009

Ectopic pancreas with pseudocyst and pseudoaneurysm formation

  • A. Surov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: A. Surov, Department of Radiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06097 Halle, Germany. Tel.: +49 345 557 32 66; fax: +49 345 557 21 67.
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  • M. Hainz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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  • L. Hinz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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  • H.-J. Holzhausen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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  • R. Finke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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  • R.-P. Spielmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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  • C. Kunze

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Received 12 November 2008 ,Revised 25 January 2009 ,Accepted 29 January 2009.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00095-6

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.01.013

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 7 , Pages 734-737 , July 2009

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