Endosonography has a high diagnostic accuracy in differentiating inflammatory from malignant pancreatic head masses in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Endosonography has a high diagnostic accuracy in differentiating inflammatory from malignant pancreatic head masses in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Introduction: Pancreatic head masses in patients with chronic pancreatitis(CP) often pose a diagnostic challenge. All patients with FNA showing malignancy were confirmed to be malignant on follow up. [...]sensitivity and specificity of EUS FNA was found to be 100%.

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Veröffentlicht in:Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] 2017-09, Vol.17 (4), p.S13-S13
Hauptverfasser: Bopanna, Sawan, Midha, Shallu, Dhingra, Rajan, Padhan, Rajesh, Kumar Garg, Pramod
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Sprache:eng
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Accuracy
Inflammation
Medical diagnosis
Pancreas
Pancreatitis
Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Pancreatic head masses in patients with chronic pancreatitis(CP) often pose a diagnostic challenge. All patients with FNA showing malignancy were confirmed to be malignant on follow up. [...]sensitivity and specificity of EUS FNA was found to be 100%.
ISSN:1424-3903
1424-3911
DOI:10.1016/j.pan.2017.07.045