Naslov
Ultrasound diagnostics of hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases

Autori
Duvnjak M ; Hrabar D ; Virović LKnji

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Knjiga sažetaka Kongresa Hrvatskog društva za UZV u medicini i biologiji / Drinković I ; Hebrang A ; Brkljačić B - Zagreb : Studio Hrg, 2000

Skup
Kongres Hrvatskog društva za ultrazvuk u medicini i biologiji

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 04.06.2000. - 07.06.2000

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Sažetak
Enormous technical improvement of ultrasound (US) during the past two decades with the development of many new specialized techniques extended its possibilities in the diagnostics of hepato-biliary and pancreatic diseases. However, diagnostic US is facing competition from other imaging techniques, such as CT or MRI. Although the results of these procedures are superior to those of US in some abdominal applications, in others different US techniques are without competition, as in the detection of gall-stones, biliary obstruction, choledochal lithiasis and pancreatic tumours (endoscopic US). US is an irreplaceable method in diagnostics of liver diseases, from diffuse lesions such as steatosis or cirrhosis to focal ones such as nodular hyperplasia, cysts, abscesses, benign or malignant primary or secondary tumours. It is widely used in diagnosing cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, tumours and malformations of gall-bladder and bile ducts. It is important in the detection and assessment of evolution of acute pancreatitis, pseudocysts, tumours and chronic pancreatitis, although it is not too accurate for the last diagnoses. Still, the quality of ultrasonographic imagery now available is such that in most diseases of the pancreas the diagnose is made with great reliability. Because ultrasonography is a relatively simple, noninvasive, painless and fast way to examine these organs that delivers no ionizing radiation, it remains the first imaging method used, which determines further diagnostic and therapeutic management of the patient.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti

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