[Ultrasonic examination of localized pancreatic lesions (author's transl)].

The technique of ultrasound examination of pancreatic lesions using real-time and compound scanning complementarily is described. Cases with localized lesions, e.g. pseudocysts, carcinoma, insulinoma and circumscribed inflammatory processes are demonstrated. A lesion not reflecting ultrasound in A and B mode is suggestive of a pseudocyst. Localized lesions reflecting ultrasonic waves cannot be differentiated; cytological or histological examinations have to be done in these cases.