Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 152-156 , March 2010

Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in children: typical radiological findings and pathological correlation

  • Saad Al-Qahtani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Francois Gudinchet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Tarek Laswed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Pierre Schnyder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Sabine Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Maria-Chiara Osterheld

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Leonor Alamo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 21 314 3054; fax: +41 21 314 4645.

Received 26 March 2009 ,Accepted 15 May 2009.

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PII: S0899-7071(09)00117-X

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.06.024

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 152-156 , March 2010

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