Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms IPMNs

CT pancreatography is, in substance, the application of virtual endoscopy to the pancreatic gland, allowing the study the inner surface of the gland ducts and resulting useful in evaluating many ductal diseases and, overall, in case of cystic pancreatic neoplasms, especially intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN). 

Even if cystic pancreatic neoplasms account for a very small percentage of the gland tumours, the possibility of some of them to change into malignant lesions determines the necessity to study and stage accurately them and especially mucinous neoplasms and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) in both its variants (main and branch duct type) (ITAY et al. 2001). 

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CISS constructive interference steady state IPMN intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm... 

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