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Pancreatic Sonography

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Pancreatic lesions remain a difficult diagnostic problem. This is particularly true of chronic pancreatitis and tumors of the pancreas. Pancreatic pseudocysts can be diagnosed indirectly only after they have exceeded a certain size and begin to displace air-filled structures in x-ray films of the abdomen or barium-filled bowel. Also, pseudocysts of the pancreas are frequently found in uncommon locations.

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Hassani, N. (1976). Pancreatic Sonography. In: Ultrasonography of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9869-4_4

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