The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 187, Issue 6 , Pages 741-742 , June 2004

Demonstration of a pancreaticopleural fistula with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

  • Yoshitsugu Tajima, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-95849-7316; fax: +81-95849-7319
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  • Kenzo Fukuda, M.D.

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    • Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Noritsugu Tsuneoka, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Ryuji Tsutsumi, M.D.

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    • Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Tamotsu Kuroki, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Shinya Onizuka, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Junichiro Furui, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Shizuo Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Tagami Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Yasushi Makimoto, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Tagami Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Ryoichi Tsuchiya, D.M., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Tagami Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Takashi Kanematsu, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan

Received 30 April 2003 ,Revised 13 September 2003

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.09.008

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 187, Issue 6 , Pages 741-742 , June 2004

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