Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 21-28 , January 2011

Solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas: spectrum of findings on multidetector CT

  • Satomi Kawamoto

      Affiliations

    • The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N. Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Tel.: +1 410 955 9446; fax: +1 410 614 0341.
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  • Jennifer Scudiere

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center and The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • ,
  • Ralph H. Hruban

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center and The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • ,
  • Christopher L. Wolfgang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center and The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • ,
  • John L. Cameron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center and The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • ,
  • Elliot K. Fishman

      Affiliations

    • The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA

Received 1 October 2009 ,Accepted 10 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.11.007

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 21-28 , January 2011

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