Endoscopic Ultrasound Elastography for the Pancreas in Korea: A Preliminary Single Center Study
Clinical Endoscopy
;
: 172-177, 2013.
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| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-213745
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
Endoscopic ultrasound elastography (EUS-EG) has been widely used for the evaluation of pancreatic cancer in the Western world. To date, there is very little experience with EUS-EG in Korea. We described the results of comparison between normal pancreas and pancreatic cancer in Korea.METHODS:
The present study was performed at a tertiary hospital on 35 subjects comprising 20 with normal pancreas (control group) and 15 with pancreatic cancer (disease group). We compared the EUS-EG performance of the two groups.RESULTS:
The pancreas in the control group showed a mean elasticity value of 0.53% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.45 to 0.61). The elasticity value was higher than that previously reported from Western country (0.47%; 95% CI, 0.38 to 0.57). In the disease group, the mean elasticity value of pancreatic lesions was 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01 to 0.02). The mean elasticity value of the disease group was significantly lower than that of the control group (p<0.0001).CONCLUSIONS:
EUS-EG could be a highly sensitive diagnostic modality for pancreatic cancer in Korea with little EUS-EG experience. We also provided the reference range of elasticity value of normal pancreas, which might be valuable in the interpretation of pancreatic elasticity data for Korean adults.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pancreas
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Pancreatic Neoplasms
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Reference Values
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Endosonography
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Western World
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Elasticity
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Elasticity Imaging Techniques
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Tertiary Care Centers
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Korea
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinical Endoscopy
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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