Differential Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer by Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration in Solid Mass of Pancreas

Sung Bum Kim

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Kim: Differential Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer by Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration in Solid Mass of Pancreas

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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2018; 71(3): 113-115.

Published online: 23 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2018.71.3.113

Differential Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer by Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration in Solid Mass of Pancreas

Sung Bum Kim

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

Correspondence to: Sung Bum Kim, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, 170 Hyeonchung-ro, Nam-gu, Daegu 42415, Korea. Tel:+82-53-620-3830, Fax: +82-53-623-8038, sbkim@yu.ac.kr

Korean Society of Gastroenterology

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Article: Predictors of Malignancies in Patients with Inconclusive or Negative Results of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration for Solid Pancreatic Masses ([Related article:] Korean J Gastroenterol 2018;71:153-161)

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