Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3283646 | Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Malignancy is associated with epithelial nodules in BD-IPMNs and MCNs, but most echogenic lesions detected in cysts by EUS are mucus. Knowledge of features that discriminate mucus from mural nodules improves the diagnostic accuracy of EUS.
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Authors
Ning Zhong, Lizhi Zhang, Naoki Takahashi, Vladislav Shalmiyev, Marcia Irene Canto, Jonathan E. Clain, John C. Deutsch, John DeWitt, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Ferga C. Gleeson, Michael J. Levy, Shawn Mallery, Massimo Raimondo, Elizabeth Rajan, Tyler Stevens,