Virtual Pancreatoscopy

Not routinely performed, CT virtual pancreatoscopy, first reported in 1998 by Prassopoulos et al. and Nakagohri et al., is a new tool for diagnosis of pancreatic pathologies (Tanizawa et al. 2003). 

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Tanizawa Y, Nakagohri T, Konishi M et al (2003) Virtual pancreatoscopy of pancreatic cancer. Hepatogastroen-terology 50 559-562... 

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