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Percutaneous biopsy of pancreatic lesions

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Percutaneous biopsy provides an effective means of tissue diagnosis in pancreatic lesions. Accuracy rates are ranging between 72 and 100%, with a sensitivity for carcinomas between 69 and 90% and a constantly high specificity of 100% in most series of the literature. The rate of major complications is low, with an incidence of about 0.05%.

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Neuerburg, J., Günther, R.W. Percutaneous biopsy of pancreatic lesions. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 14, 43–49 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02635530

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