Suspected new tumoral tissue in the anastomotic region. Patient with increased tumoral marker.
On ultrasound examination a hypoechoic mass is visible at the anastomosis of about 2 cm with intratumoral vessels at color Doppler. On CT dilated main pancreatic duct with no clear evidence of tumoral hypodense mass on dynamic phases, pancreatic and venous.
The lesion was confirmed as tumoral recurrence at biopsy.
Dr. D'Onofrio, MD is full Radiology Professor in the Department of Radiology at Verona University Hospital. He is an associate of SIRM (Italian Society of Medical Radiology), SIUMB (Italian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology), and EFSUMB (European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology). Dr. D'Onofrio is a member of ESGAR (European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Imaging) and has been a fellow of ESGAR since 2009. He is on the editorial board of the World Journal of Gastroenterology. He has been principal investigator in several clinical trials. He is the author of 105 scientific papers in different areas.
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