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Case 37: Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm with Mural Nodule

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62-year-old woman with abdominal discomfort.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Christopher Fung MD

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  1. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Atif Zaheer

  2. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Elliot K. Fishman

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Meredith E. Pittman

  4. The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Department of Pathology , Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Ralph H. Hruban

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Fung, C. (2017). Case 37: Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm with Mural Nodule. In: Zaheer, A., Fishman, E., Pittman, M., Hruban, R. (eds) Pancreatic Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52680-5_37

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