TY - JOUR
T1 - Pancreatic imaging mimics
T2 - Part 1, imaging mimics of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
AU - Coakley, Fergus V.
AU - Hanley-Knutson, Katryana
AU - Mongan, John
AU - Barajas, Ramon
AU - Bucknor, Matthew
AU - Qayyum, Aliya
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to describe the imaging features of diseases that may closely simulate pancreatic adenocarcinoma, either radiologically or pathologically. CONCLUSION. Neoplastic and inflammatory diseases that can closely simulate pancreatic adenocarcinoma include neuroendocrine tumor, metastasis to the pancreas, lymphoma, groove pancreatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, and focal chronic pancreatitis. Atypical imaging findings that should suggest diagnoses other than adenocarcinoma include the absence of significant duct dilatation, incidental detection, hypervascularity, large size (> 5 cm), IV tumor thrombus, and intralesional ducts or cysts.
AB - OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to describe the imaging features of diseases that may closely simulate pancreatic adenocarcinoma, either radiologically or pathologically. CONCLUSION. Neoplastic and inflammatory diseases that can closely simulate pancreatic adenocarcinoma include neuroendocrine tumor, metastasis to the pancreas, lymphoma, groove pancreatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, and focal chronic pancreatitis. Atypical imaging findings that should suggest diagnoses other than adenocarcinoma include the absence of significant duct dilatation, incidental detection, hypervascularity, large size (> 5 cm), IV tumor thrombus, and intralesional ducts or cysts.
KW - CT
KW - Imaging mimics
KW - Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
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U2 - 10.2214/AJR.11.7907
DO - 10.2214/AJR.11.7907
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22826390
AN - SCOPUS:84864781174
SN - 0361-803X
VL - 199
SP - 301
EP - 308
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
IS - 2
ER -