Differentiation of an intrapancreatic accessory spleen from a small (<3-cm) solid pancreatic tumor: Value of diffusion-weighted MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-167

  Jang, Kyung Mi ^a   Kim, Seong Hyun ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Park, Min Jung ^a   Lee, Mi Hee ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRAPANCREATIC ACCESSORY SPLEEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS HEMORRHAGE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 84871698055     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112765     Document Type: Article

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