Diagnostic performance of endoscopic ultrasound for detection of pancreatic malignancy following an indeterminate multidetector CT scan: a systemic review and meta-analysis.
Somashekar G KrishnaBhavana B RaoEmmanuel UgbarugbaZarine K ShahAlecia BlaszczakAlice HintonDarwin L ConwellPhil A HartPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2017)
The yield of EUS is comparatively higher for the diagnosis of a pancreatic malignancy in patients with suspected cancer, but a non-diagnostic MDCT. Importantly, the majority of the lesions missed on CT represent PDAC, in which early diagnosis is essential.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- dual energy
- image quality
- ultrasound guided
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- fine needle aspiration
- positron emission tomography
- papillary thyroid
- squamous cell
- real time pcr
- squamous cell carcinoma
- magnetic resonance
- label free
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- endoscopic submucosal dissection