Open Access<p>Differentiation of chronic mass-forming pancreatitis from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using contrast-enhanced computed tomography</p>
Author(s) -
Shuai Ren,
Xiao Chen,
Wenjing Cui,
Rong Chen,
Kai Guo,
Huifeng Zhang,
Shuai Chen,
Zhongqiu Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s217033
Subject(s) - pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma , pancreatitis , computed tomography , medicine , contrast (vision) , adenocarcinoma , pancreatic carcinoma , pancreas , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology , pancreatic cancer , cancer , computer science , artificial intelligence
Both chronic mass-forming pancreatitis (CMFP) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are focal pancreatic lesions and share very similar clinical symptoms and imaging performance. There is great clinical value in preoperative differentiation of those two lesions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of computed tomography (CT) features in discriminating CMFP from PDAC.