Endoscopic ultrasound and pancreatic cancer: advancing the application of technology for early detection

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Joseph W Leung ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Endoscopic Ultrasound

scholarly journals The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-110
Author(s):  
Sung Woo Ko ◽  
Jun Seong Hwang ◽  
Tae Jun Song
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Endoscopic Ultrasound

scholarly journals Infected Pancreatic Necrosis Mimicking Pancreatic Cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 436-442
Author(s):  
Jun Heo
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Endoscopic Ultrasound ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Pancreatic Necrosis ◽  
Necrotizing Pancreatitis ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Infected Pancreatic Necrosis ◽  
Ultrasound Guided ◽  
Fine Needle

Although infected pancreatic necrosis can develop as a result of rare conditions involving trauma, surgery, and systemic infection with an uncommon pathogen, it usually occurs as a complication of pancreatitis. Early phase of acute pancreatitis can be either edematous interstitial pancreatitis or necrotizing pancreatitis. The late complications of pancreatitis can be divided into pancreatic pseudocyst due to edematous interstitial pancreatitis or walled-off necrosis due to necrotizing pancreatitis. During any time course of pancreatitis, bacteremia can provoke infection inside or outside the pancreas. The patients with infected pancreatic necrosis may have fever, chills, and abdominal pain as inflammatory symptoms. These specific clinical presentations can differentiate infected pancreatic necrosis from other pancreatic diseases. Herein, I report an atypical case of infected pancreatic necrosis in which abdominal pain, elevation of white blood cell, and fever were not found at the time of admission. Rather, a 10-kg weight loss (from 81 to 71 kg) over 2 months nearly led to a misdiagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The patient was finally diagnosed based on endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. This case highlights that awareness of the natural course of pancreatitis and infected pancreatic necrosis is important. In addition, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration should be recommended for the diagnosis and treatment of indeterminate pancreatic lesions in selected patients.

scholarly journals Blood biomarkers for differential diagnosis and early detection of pancreatic cancer

2021 ◽  
pp. 102193
Author(s):  
Fawaz N. Al-Shaheri ◽  
Mohamed S.S. Alhamdani ◽  
Andrea Bauer ◽  
Nathalia Giese ◽  
Markus W. Büchler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Blood Biomarkers
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