title: Ultrasonography and computed tomography in pancreatic malignancy.
abstract: Previous reports have shown that ultrasonography (US) is inferior to computed tomography (CT) in detecting pancreatic carcinoma. Since our recent observations suggested the opposite we re-evaluated the accuracy of these two methods. Among 36 patients with malignant tumours the US was normal in one, in 4 it showed only secondary signs of tumour, and in 31 it revealed the tumour. The corresponding figures for CT were 2, 9 and 25, respectively. The conclusion is that US should be considered the primary method for imaging the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Päivänsalo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lähde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography