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. 1986 Aug;62(730):765–767. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.62.730.765

Occult pancreatic cancer with recurrent acute pancreatitis.

C Wilson, C W Imrie
PMCID: PMC2418825  PMID: 3774710

Abstract

A patient with occult pancreatic carcinoma associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis is reported. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography after the first attack was normal, the diagnosis being made at repeat examination 10 months later.

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