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JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 6, Pages 843-853Publisher
SPRINGER TOKYO
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-011-0399-5
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Endoscopic ultrasound; Elastography; Pancreatic cancer
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23590416] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Background Recently, the usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) elastography has been reported for the diagnosis of pancreatic lesions. In the present study, we retrospectively assessed EUS elastography as a diagnostic tool by evaluating tissue elasticity distribution and elasticity semiquantification, using the strain ratio (SR) of tissue elasticity, in patients with pancreatic masses. Methods One hundred and nine patients who underwent EUS elastography between September 2006 and May 2009 were retrospectively evaluated. The final diagnosis was chronic pancreatitis (CP) in 20 patients [6 with non-mass-forming pancreatitis, 7 with mass-forming pancreatitis (MFP), and 7 with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP)], pancreatic cancer (PC) in 72, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) in 9, and normal pancreas in 8. The tissue elasticity distribution calculation was performed in real time, and the results were represented in color in fundamental B-mode imaging. In addition, we performed quantification using the SR (non-mass area/mass area). Results Elastography for all PC patients showed intense blue coloration, indicating malignant lesions. In contrast, MFP presented with a mixed coloration pattern of green, yellow, and low-intensity blue. Normal controls showed an even distribution of green to red. The mean SR was 23.66 +/- A 12.65 for MFP and 39.08 +/- A 20.54 for PC (P < 0.05). Conclusions Endoscopic ultrasound elastography is a promising diagnostic tool for defining the tissue characteristics of pancreatic masses. In addition, semiquantitative analysis of elasticity using the SR may allow the differentiation of MFP from PC.
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