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Hypervascular pancreatic “lesions”: a pattern-based approach to differentiation

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Hypervascular pancreatic lesions/masses can arise due to a variety of causes, both benign and malignant, leading to a wide differential diagnosis. Accurate differentiation of these lesions into appropriate diagnoses can be challenging; however, this is important for directing clinical management. This manuscript provides a multimodality imaging review of hypervascular pancreatic lesion, with emphasis on an imaging-based algorithmic approach for differentiation of these lesions, which may serve as a decision support tool when encountering these uncommon lesions. Additionally, we stratify these lesions into three categories based on malignant potential, to help guide clinical management.

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    Prasad R. Shankar, Ashish P. Wasnik, Mahmoud M. Al-Hawary, Isaac R. Francis & Ravi K. Kaza

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Shankar, P.R., Wasnik, A.P., Al-Hawary, M.M. et al. Hypervascular pancreatic “lesions”: a pattern-based approach to differentiation. Abdom Radiol 43, 1013–1028 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1363-5

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