Current role of imaging methods in the diagnosis of cystic solid pancreas neoplasms: part II
Rev Col Bras Cir. 2011 May-Jun;38(3):192-7.
doi: 10.1590/s0100-69912011000300010.
[Article in
English,
Portuguese]
Affiliation
- 1 Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto-University of São Paulo, SP, BR. jcelso@uol.com.br
Abstract
The authors address the value of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopic ultrasound for the diagnosis of cystic and solid neoplasms of the pancreas, demonstrating that each of them is of great importance to undoubtedly increase the diagnostic accuracy of the biliopancreatic system diseases. The best method for each of several tumors is then determined.
MeSH terms
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Humans
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Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
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Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology