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Autoimmune pancreatitis echocardiography and ultrasound

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) may be used to obtain histologic specimens from pancreas.

Echocardiography/Ultrasound

Echocardiography/Ultrasound

References

References

  1. ↑ Farrell JJ, Garber J, Sahani D, Brugge WR (2004). “EUS findings in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis”. Gastrointest. Endosc. 60 (6): 927–36. PMID 15605008.
  2. ↑ Hyodo N, Hyodo T (2003). “Ultrasonographic evaluation in patients with autoimmune-related pancreatitis”. J. Gastroenterol. 38 (12): 1155–61. doi:10.1007/s00535-003-1223-7. PMID 14714253.
  3. ↑ Numata K, Ozawa Y, Kobayashi N, Kubota T, Akinori N, Nakatani Y, Sugimori K, Imada T, Tanaka K (2004). “Contrast-enhanced sonography of autoimmune pancreatitis: comparison with pathologic findings”. J Ultrasound Med. 23 (2): 199–206. PMID 14992356.
  4. ↑ Iwashita T, Yasuda I, Doi S, Ando N, Nakashima M, Adachi S, Hirose Y, Mukai T, Iwata K, Tomita E, Itoi T, Moriwaki H (2012). “Use of samples from endoscopic ultrasound-guided 19-gauge fine-needle aspiration in diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis”. Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 10 (3): 316–22. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2011.09.032. PMID 22019795.
  5. ↑ Kanno A, Ishida K, Hamada S, Fujishima F, Unno J, Kume K, Kikuta K, Hirota M, Masamune A, Satoh K, Notohara K, Shimosegawa T (2012). “Diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis by EUS-FNA by using a 22-gauge needle based on the International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria”. Gastrointest. Endosc. 76 (3): 594–602. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2012.05.014. PMID 22898417.

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