Pancreas Imaging—Is it Worth it?
| Autor: | Robert E. Polcyn, Alexander Gottschalk, Silviu Landman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1971 |
| Předmět: |
Radioisotopes
medicine.medical_specialty Pathology business.industry medicine.disease Diagnosis Differential Pancreatic Neoplasms Lesion Selenium medicine.anatomical_structure Pancreatitis Evaluation Studies as Topic Methods medicine Carcinoma Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology medicine.symptom Radionuclide Imaging business Pancreas Small tumors |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 100:631-636 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/100.3.631 |
| Popis: | In an analysis of 106 pancreatic radionuclide images it was found that a normal study has a high degree of reliability. With abnormal pictures it is difficult or impossible to distinguish between pathologic entities, especially between pancreatitis and carcinoma. Severe diabetes, starvation, or postoperative states will also cause nonvisualization of the pancreas. Since the patency of the excretory ducts seems to be a crucial factor in determining visualization, small tumors not obstructing the duct system will be missed when the lesion size is below the resolution limits of current imaging devices. |
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