Authors: Hui Zhu Lang Ying Wei Tang Xiujiang Yang Bo Sun
Publish Date: 2017/02/07
Volume: 122, Issue: 5, Pages: 319-326
Abstract
A total of 25 patients with pNENs were enrolled in the present study The qualitative and quantitative variables were reviewed The qualitative variables included location contour border necrosis intratumoral vessel homogeneity calcification peripancreatic fat/vessel infiltration pancreatic duct dilatation mass within pancreas lymphadenopathy and hepatic metastasis on MDCT and border echogenicity cystic/solid and blood flow on EUS The quantitative variables included long diameter LD short diameter SD unenhanced mass attenuation UMA unenhanced pancreatic attenuation UPA arterial phase mass attenuation APMA arterial phase pancreatic attenuation APPA portal venous phase mass attenuation PVPMA portal venous phase pancreatic attenuation PVPPA arterial phase enhancement degree APED and portal venous phase enhancement degree PVPED In addition sex and age were also evaluated Histopathological classifications met the criterion of 2010 edition WHO Histopathological Classifications Kruskal–Wallis test and Boruta algorithm were conductedAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors
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