Resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Depiction of tumoral margins at contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Pancreas

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-268

  Faccioli, Niccolo' ^a   D'Onofrio, Mirko ^a   Malagò, Roberto ^a   Zamboni, Giulia ^a   Falconi, Massimo ^a   Capelli, Paola ^a   Mucelli, Roberto Pozzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS); Pancreas; Pancreatic carcinoma; Resection margin

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR LESION; VASCULARIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 58149329004     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31816c908b     Document Type: Article

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