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AJR Am J Roentgenol · Aug 2012
ReviewPancreatic imaging mimics: part 1, imaging mimics of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
- Fergus V Coakley, Katryana Hanley-Knutson, John Mongan, Ramon Barajas, Matthew Bucknor, and Aliya Qayyum.
- Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, Box 0628, M-372, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA. Fergus.Coakley@radiology.ucsf.edu
- AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 Aug 1;199(2):301-8.
ObjectiveThe purpose of this article is to describe the imaging features of diseases that may closely simulate pancreatic adenocarcinoma, either radiologically or pathologically.ConclusionNeoplastic and inflammatory diseases that can closely simulate pancreatic adenocarcinoma include neuroendocrine tumor, metastasis to the pancreas, lymphoma, groove pancreatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, and focal chronic pancreatitis. Atypical imaging findings that should suggest diagnoses other than adenocarcinoma include the absence of significant duct dilatation, incidental detection, hypervascularity, large size (> 5 cm), IV tumor thrombus, and intralesional ducts or cysts.
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