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World J Gastrointest Surg. Oct 27, 2010; 2(10): 331-336
Published online Oct 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i10.331
Differentiating intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms from other pancreatic cystic lesions
Steven C Cunningham, Ralph H Hruban, Richard D Schulick
Steven C Cunningham, Richard D Schulick, Department of Surgery, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, United States
Ralph H Hruban, Department of Pathology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, United States
Author contributions: Cunningham SC and Hruban RH wrote and revised the manuscript; Hruban RH performed the pathological examination; Schulick RD oversight the project and revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Richard D Schulick, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Blalock 685, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States. rschulick@jhmi.edu
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Received: May 18, 2010
Revised: September 21, 2010
Accepted: September 28, 2010
Published online: October 27, 2010
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