Open AccessAn international study of interobserver variability of “string sign” of pancreatic cysts among experienced endosonographers
Author(s) -
Seifeldin Hakim,
Emmanuel Coronel,
Graciela M. Nogueras González,
Philip S Ge,
Suresh T. Chari,
Nirav Thosani,
Srinivas Ramireddy,
Ricardo Badillo,
Tomas DaVee,
Marc F. Catalano,
Robert J. Sealock,
Sreeram Parupudi,
Lyndon Hernandez,
Virendra Joshi,
Atsushi Irisawa,
Surinder Singh Rana,
Sundeep Lakhtakia,
Peter Vilmann,
Adrian Săftoiu,
Siyu Sun,
Marc Giovannini,
Matthew H.G. Katz,
Michael P. Kim,
Manoop S. Bhutani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/eus.eus_73_20
Subject(s) - string (physics) , sign (mathematics) , cutoff , medicine , cohen's kappa , kappa , radiology , physics , mathematics , statistics , mathematical analysis , mathematical physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
No single optimal test reliably determines the pancreatic cyst subtype. Following EUS-FNA, the "string sign" test can differentiate mucinous from nonmucinous cysts. However, the interobserver variability of string sign results has not been studied.