Journal
DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY
Volume 23, Issue -, Pages 46-50Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2011.01146.x
Keywords
contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS; EUS; pancreatic carcinoma; ultrasound contrast agent; vascularity
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22590764] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Although endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has the advantage over other imaging methods in that it is possible to obtain high resolution images of the pancreas, it is limited in its ability to characterize pancreatic masses. Contrast-enhanced power Doppler ultrasonography suffers from several limitations such as blooming artifacts, poor spatial resolution, low sensitivity to slow flow and high sensitivity to motion artifacts. Recently, EUS system specific for contrast harmonic imaging has been developed. The use of this EUS system enabled us to observe images of microcirculation and parenchymal perfusion without Doppler-related artifacts in the pancreas. Contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS could diagnose pancreatic carcinomas as hypovascular masses with a high sensitivity (89-96%) and specificity (64-88%). Contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS also discriminates mural nodules from mucous clots in the intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
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