Autoimmune pancreatitis: Differentiation from pancreatic carcinoma and normal pancreas on the basis of enhancement characteristics at dual-phase CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 479-484

  Takahashi, Naoki ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a   Hough, David M ^a   Fidler, Jeff L ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Chari, Suresh T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; CT; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68149163239     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1883     Document Type: Article

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