La Seta F, Cottone M, Marcenò M P, Maringhini A, Sciarrino E, Pagliaro L
Radiol Med. 1983 Jul-Aug;69(7-8):538-40.
Cancer of the pancreas is the fourth cause of death for tumor in USA; ultrasound has been shown a sensitive and specific technique in detection of this condition. We have prospectively studied with ultrasound 76 patients with clinical suspicion of cancer of the pancreas. Forty of these patients had carcinoma of the pancreas (histologically proved) and in the other 36 patients the cancer was clinically and/or surgically excluded. Sensitivity of ultrasound was 100%; specificity was 73%. The great part of our false-positive results were patients in which ultrasound detected a modification in the head of the pancreas and in which we couldn't have a biopsy from surgeons. The role of ultrasound scanning as first procedure to use in patients with clinical suspicion of carcinoma of the pancreas is confermed.
胰腺癌是美国肿瘤致死的第四大原因；超声已被证明是检测这种疾病的一种敏感且特异的技术。我们前瞻性地对76例临床怀疑患有胰腺癌的患者进行了超声检查。其中40例患者患有胰腺癌（经组织学证实），另外36例患者的癌症在临床和/或手术中被排除。超声的敏感性为100%；特异性为73%。我们大部分的假阳性结果是超声检测到胰腺头部有改变但外科医生无法进行活检的患者。超声扫描作为临床怀疑患有胰腺癌患者的首选检查方法的作用得到了证实。
