Focal or diffuse "fullness" of the pancreas on CT. Usually benign, but EUS plus/minus FNA is warranted to identify malignancy

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Horwhat, John David ^a   Gerke, Henning ^b   Acosta, Ruben Daniel ^a   Pavey, Darren A ^c   Jowell, Paul S ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques, digestive system; Endosonography; Pancreatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 60549093272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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