CT findings of walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN): Differentiation from pseudocyst and prediction of outcome after endoscopic therapy

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2522-2529

  Takahashi, Naoki ^a,b   Papachristou, Georgios I ^b,c   Schmit, Grant D ^a   Chahal, Prabhleen ^b   LeRoy, Andrew J ^a   Sarr, Michael G ^a   Vege, Santhi Swaroop ^b   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Baron, Todd H ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Pancreatic necrosis; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT DILATATION; PANCREAS EXAMINATION; PANCREAS JUICE; PANCREAS MALFORMATION; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALLED OFF PANCREAS NECROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049158052     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1039-1     Document Type: Article

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