Open AccessContrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in discrimination between focal pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
Author(s) -
Michael Hocke,
Ewald Schulze,
Peter Gottschalk,
Theodoros Topalidis,
Christoph F. Dietrich
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i2.246
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , endoscopic ultrasound , radiology , pancreatic cancer , ultrasound , pancreatic disease , contrast enhanced ultrasound , lesion , perfusion , pancreas , pancreatic carcinoma , carcinoma , pathology , cancer , gastroenterology
To evaluate the contrast-enhanced endosonography as a method of differentiating inflammation from pancreatic carcinoma based on perfusion characteristics of microvessels.