Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Supraclavicular Lymph Node Metastasis: Is This the Virchow's Node?

  • Muhammad Wasif Saif Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY, USA
  • Susan Hotchkiss Yale University. New Haven, CT, USA
  • Marianne Brennan Yale University. New Haven, CT, USA
  • Kristin Kaley Yale University. New Haven, CT, USA
Keywords: Lymphatic Metastasis, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Positron-Emission Tomography, Tomography, Emission-Computed, X-Ray Computed

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Image: Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck (from Wikimedia Commons).

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Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck
Published
2011-01-05
How to Cite
SaifM., HotchkissS., BrennanM., & KaleyK. (2011). Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Supraclavicular Lymph Node Metastasis: Is This the Virchow’s Node?. JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 12(1), 66-67. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/3389