Open AccessPredictors of malignancy in chronic calcific pancreatitis with head mass
Author(s) -
Senthil Kumar Perumal,
Ravichandran Palaniappan,
Pillai Sa,
Velayutham,
Jeswanth Sathyanesan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v5.i4.97
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , pancreatitis , head of pancreas , pancreatic duct , common bile duct , receiver operating characteristic , pancreatitis, chronic , gastroenterology , pancreatic cancer , whipple procedure , lesion , pancreas , surgery , cancer , pancreaticoduodenectomy
To prospectively analyse the clinical, biochemical and radiological characteristics of the mass lesions arising in a background of chronic calcific pancreatitis (CCP).