Focal chronic pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic head carcinoma: Are there suggestive features on ultrasound?

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Patlas, Michael ^a   Deitel, Wayne ^a   Taylor, Bryce ^a   Gallinger, Steven ^a   Wilson, Stephanie R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847394987     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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