title: Solid appearance of pancreatic serous cystadenoma diagnosed as cystic at ultrasound acoustic radiation force impulse imaging.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging is an emerging imaging modality. The study of the pancreas is a new and promising application of ultrasound acoustic radiation force impulse imaging.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the first case of pancreatic serous cystadenoma which mimics a solid neoplasm at conventional imaging (US and CT), correctly diagnosed as cystic at ultrasound acoustic radiation force impulse imaging.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The "XXXX" values always measured at Virtual Touch tissue quantification allow the diagnosis of a pancreatic cystic lesion with simple fluid content suggesting the diagnosis of serous cystadenoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital G.B. Rossi, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. mirko.donofrio@univr.it
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Onofrio
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallotti
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martone
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pozzi Mucelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*