title: [Chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer: differenciation by ultrasonics].
abstract: Analysis of the ultrasound patterns obtained in 63 pancreatic tumours and 147 cases of chronic pancreatis shows a considerable difference in the two conditions. The echostructure is mainly dense and reflexogenic in chronic pancreatitis and trans-sonic in carcinomata.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Pancréatite chronique, cancer du pancréas: différenciation par ultrasons