Solid appearance of pancreatic serous cystadenoma diagnosed as cystic at ultrasound acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 543-546

  D'Onofrio, Mirko ^a   Gallotti, Anna ^a   Martone, Enrico ^a   Mucelli, Roberto Pozzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystadenoma; Elasticity imaging techniques; Pancreas; Serous; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREATIC SEROUS CYSTADENOMA; SOLID TUMOR;

AGED; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349278929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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