The Dilated Pancreatic Duct: Ultrasonic Evaluation
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 126 (2), 475-478
- https://doi.org/10.1148/126.2.475
Abstract
Patients (8) with signs and symptoms of obstructive jaundice were evaluated by gray-scale echography. In each, ultrasonic identification of a dilated pancreatic duct was helpful in confirming the diagnosis of an obstructing lesion at the level of the ampulla of Vater. In only 3 could the tumor mass itself be seen on ultrasound. With the recognition of pancreatic duct dilatation, it is no longer essential for a tumor in the region of the ampulla of Vater to be large or contour-deforming before it can be identified by ultrasound.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Gray-Scale Ultrasonic Properties of the Normal and Inflamed PancreasRadiology, 1976
- Computed Tomography of the PancreasRadiology, 1976