Clinical radiology
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Comparative Study
Signal characteristic and enhancement patterns of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: evaluation with dynamic gadolinium enhanced MRI.
To determine the signal characteristics and enhancement patterns of proven pancreatic adenocarcinomas at 1.5 T and to compare these results with contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT). ⋯ The results of the present study showed that all 25 pancreatic adenocarcinomas were hypointense to pancreatic parenchyma during the arterial phase. Moreover, MRI may be useful in patients with a high suspicion of pancreatic carcinoma that is not visualized during CECT.