Echo-enhanced ultrasound - A new imaging modality for the differentiation of pancreatic lesions

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Rickes, Steffen ^a   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Echo enhanced ultrasound; Pancreatic lesions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 33244489625     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-004-0725-y     Document Type: Article

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