Contrast-enhanced transabdominal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of pancreatic mass lesions

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-106

  Takeda, K ^a   Goto, H ^a   Hirooka, Y ^a   Itoh, A ^a   Hashimoto, S ^a   Niwa, K ^a   Hayakawa, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pancreas, cancer; Pancreatitis; Ultrasonography, contrast medium

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMEN; ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037208054     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0455.2003.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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