Open AccessPower Doppler Endoscopic Ultrasound for the Assessment of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Author(s) -
Sevastiţa Iordache,
Radu Angelescu,
Maria Monalisa Filip,
Mădălin Ionuţ Costache,
Carmen Popescu,
Dan-Ionuț Gheonea,
Adrian Săftoiu
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.7178/eus.03.006
Subject(s) - medicine , vascularity , radiology , hepatology , endoscopic ultrasound , neuroendocrine tumors , adenocarcinoma , contrast enhanced ultrasound , pancreatic cancer , ultrasound , cancer
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET) represent rare, heterogeneous tumors with clinical, imaging and treatment particularities. The aim of this study was to assess the role of power Doppler endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the diagnosis and characterization of PNET.