Multislice spiral computed tomography in diagnosis and staging of pancreatic carcinoma: preliminary experience

Assessment of resectability in carcinoma pancreas using multi-detector computed tomography with surgical correlation

“…The PPV was high in the present study compared with the studies by Ellsmere et al (61%) and Smith et al (56%). [21][22][23][24] According to the studies by Aziz AM et al and Olivie D et al, when they compared MDCT results to surgical outcome, the positive predictive value of MDCT for surgically resectable disease was 100%. In a study by Manak E et al, the PPV for pancreatic adenocarcinoma resectability was 91% with four false-negative results.…”

Intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas on fine needle aspiration: Case Report with Differential Diagnosis

“…This rare entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of atypical glandular epithelial cells in a pancreatic cyst fluid, particularly when abundant thick mucin is not present in the background. Although the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions remains a challenging task for cytopathologists, it is reasonable to believe that the use of a combined approach of cytology, advanced imaging techniques such as high resolution pancreatic protocol CT, MRI, and EUS‐FNA, along with molecular markers will facilitate clinical risk stratification, leading to less patient morbidity and a cost‐effective practice.…”

Role of CT and MR in detection and staging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

“…However only small improvements have been seen for determining resectability status. The most recent studies using multislice scanners have shown that positive predictive values for resectability are slightly above 80% [ 5 , 7 , 8 ]. Reasons for this include the continued poor sensitivity for the detection of small peritoneal and liver metastases, metastases in normal sized lymph nodes and subtle peripancreatic tumor extension.…”