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Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Pancreatic Diseases

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is the most sensitive imaging method for diagnosis of pancreatic tumors. However, it still has limits in the differentiation between pancreatic cancers and inflammatory tumor-like masses. A novel technology, contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS (CH-EUS), has been developed...

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Autores principales: Xu, Can, Li, Zhaoshen, Wallace, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23197932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/786239
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description Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is the most sensitive imaging method for diagnosis of pancreatic tumors. However, it still has limits in the differentiation between pancreatic cancers and inflammatory tumor-like masses. A novel technology, contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS (CH-EUS), has been developed recently. It can visualize both parenchymal perfusion and microvasculature in pancreas without Doppler-related artifacts. Therefore, it is superior to EUS and CT in detecting small pancreatic masses and differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses. CH-EUS could be used for adequate sampling of pancreatic tumors and may predict the pathological features of the pancreatic solid lesions but still cannot replace EUS-FNA now.
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spelling pubmed-35032652012-11-29 Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Pancreatic Diseases Xu, Can Li, Zhaoshen Wallace, Michael Diagn Ther Endosc Review Article Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is the most sensitive imaging method for diagnosis of pancreatic tumors. However, it still has limits in the differentiation between pancreatic cancers and inflammatory tumor-like masses. A novel technology, contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS (CH-EUS), has been developed recently. It can visualize both parenchymal perfusion and microvasculature in pancreas without Doppler-related artifacts. Therefore, it is superior to EUS and CT in detecting small pancreatic masses and differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses. CH-EUS could be used for adequate sampling of pancreatic tumors and may predict the pathological features of the pancreatic solid lesions but still cannot replace EUS-FNA now. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3503265/ /pubmed/23197932 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/786239 Text en Copyright © 2012 Can Xu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Xu, Can
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Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Pancreatic Diseases
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title_full_unstemmed Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Pancreatic Diseases
title_short Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Pancreatic Diseases
title_sort contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography in pancreatic diseases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23197932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/786239
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