Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 223-229 , March 2010

CT and MRI features of acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas with pathological correlations

  • M.-Y. Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, College of Medicine and School of Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • K.-T. Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, College of Medicine and School of Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • S.-Y. Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, College of Medicine and School of Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • C.-F. Hung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, College of Medicine and School of Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • R.-C. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, College of Medicine and School of Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • J.-H. Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, College of Medicine and School of Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J.-H. Tseng, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, 5 Fuhsing Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 3 3281200x2575; fax: +886 3 3971936.

Received 1 July 2009 ,Revised 17 October 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00423-1

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.11.010

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 223-229 , March 2010

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