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Evaluation of imaging-guided core biopsy of pancreatic masses.

Paulsen SD, Nghiem HV, Negussie E, Higgins EJ, Caoili EM, Francis IR

Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity and accuracy of imaging-guided core biopsy in the diagnosis of pancreatic masses. CONCLUSION: Imaging-guided core biopsy is sensitive, safe, and accurate in the diagnosis of malignant lesions of the pancreas. Benign biopsy findings cannot be used to exclude the presence of a neoplasm, and repetition of a biopsy should be considered if there is high clinical suspicion of malignancy.

Published 24 August 2006 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(3): 769-72.
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