MDCT findings of extrapancreatic nerve plexus invasion by pancreas head carcinoma: Correlation with en bloc pathological specimens and diagnostic accuracy

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1757-1767

  Mochizuki, Kentaro ^a   Gabata, Toshifumi ^a   Kozaka, Kazuto ^a   Hattori, Yuki ^a   Zen, Yoh ^b   Kitagawa, Hirohisa ^a   Kayahara, Masato ^a   Ohta, Tetsuo ^a   Matsui, Osamu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrapancreatic nerve plexus; Multi detector row CT; Nerve plexus invasion; Neural invasion; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVE PLEXUS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS HEAD CARCINOMA; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954814452     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1727-5     Document Type: Article

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