Focal cystic pancreatic lesions: Assessing variation in radiologists' management recommendations

Radiology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Ip, Ivan K ^a   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Prevedello, Luciano M ^a   Khorasani, Ramin ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOCAL CYSTIC PANCREATIC LESION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREATIC CYST; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952994772     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100970     Document Type: Article

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