Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of the pancreas

Pancreatology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 560-566

  Faccioli, Niccolò ^a   Crippa, Stefano ^a   Bassi, Claudio ^a   D'Onofrio, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Microbubbles; Pancreatic masses

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MUCIN; STEROID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; MASS FORMING PANCREATITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID THERAPY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 68049087585     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000225960     Document Type: Article

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