title: [Echotomography in the diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma. Its reliability in a controlled normal and pathological series of cases].
abstract: Considering the different points of view about the echotomographic findings in pancreatic carcinoma, the authors refer their results about 89 controlled cases (38 normal pancreas and 51 pancreatic carcinomas). The pancreatic space was correctly identified as normal in 37/38 cases. Echotomography also revealed the presence of 48 pancreatic carcinomas; it gave 3 false negative and 3 false positive results; in 21 cases the size of the tumour was 5 cm or less. In a large number of cases echotomography has correctly defined the extent of the lesion by evaluating its size, the secondary liver localization (95% of accuracy) and the vascular involvement (compressions on the inferior vena cava and obstruction of the splenic vein). Basing on the echotomographic findings the authors classify the pancreatic carcinoma in 2 main types.
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: L'ecotomografia nella diagnostica del carcinoma pancreatico. Attendibilità su casistica controllata normale e patologica.