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[Ultrasound differential diagnostic aspects in cystadenoma of the pancreas]
1Städtisches Klinikum, Krankenhaus Dresden-Friedrichstadt.
Aim:
Assessment of differential diagnostic criteria of cystic adenomas of the pancreas.
Method:
We rechecked on all diagnostic criteria of patients with pancreatic pseudocysts retrospectively who had been treated in our department between 1981 and 1993.
Results:
12 patients with cystic adenomas of the pancreas had been treated in our department i.a. 7.8% of all cystic pancreatic tumours. Histopathologically 1 microcystic and 4 macrocystic adenomas as well as 7 cystic adenocarcinomas were seen.
Conclusion:
Diagnostic ultrasound criteria are discussed. Ultrasound-guided fine--needle-biopsy (FNB) is necessary to diagnose the content as well as the status of the pancreatic cysts. The ultrasound and the fine-needle-biopsy findings are important for differentiating between cystic adenomas and pseudocysts of the pancreas.