[The new role for endoscopic ultrasound in endocrinology: imaging of the adrenals and the endocrine pancreas].
Endoscopic ultrasound imaging of the adrenals and the endocrine pancreas enriches the diagnostic repertoire and improves the clinical opportunities of endocrinology. Its resolution enables detection of tumors as small as 2-3 mm. Endoscopic ultrasound imaging is especially relevant in the diagnosis of insulinomas and primary hyperaldosteronism, because it has direct consequences in planning a diagnostic and therapeutic strategy.
Bereich Endokrinologie und Diabetologie, 35033 Marburg. kannp@med.uni-marburg.de
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D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*