1. Imaging features of pancreatic metastases: A comparison with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
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Galia M, Albano D, Picone D, Terranova MC, Agrusa A, Di Buono G, Licata A, Lo Re G, La Grutta L, and Midiri M
- Subjects
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Carcinoma, Renal Cell diagnosis, Female, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms diagnosis, Lung Neoplasms diagnosis, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Second Primary diagnosis, Retrospective Studies, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal pathology, Carcinoma, Renal Cell secondary, Kidney Neoplasms secondary, Lung Neoplasms secondary, Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed methods
- Abstract
Purpose: To compare imaging features of pancreatic metastases (PM) with those of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC)., Methods: CT and MR scans of 24 patients with 54 PM and 30 patients with PDAC were reviewed to evaluate the imaging features, which were compared by using a Chi square test., Results: We found a statistically significant difference between PM and PDAC based on location (P < 0.001), margins (P < 0.001), arterial enhancement (P = 0.004), rim enhancement (P < 0.001), pancreatic duct dilatation (P = 0.01), common bile duct dilatation (P = 0.003), vascular involvement (P = 0.02), parenchymal atrophy (P < 0.001), peripancreatic fluid (P = 0.03)., Conclusion: Imaging features might be helpful to differentiate PM from PDAC., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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