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==Ultrasound== | ==Ultrasound== | ||
:The ultrasound procedure may use an external or internal device, or both types: | :The ultrasound procedure may use an external or internal device, or both types: | ||
:*[[Transabdominal ultrasound]]: | :*[[Transabdominal ultrasound]]: The doctor places the ultrasound device on the abdomen and slowly moves it around to take images of the pancreas. | ||
:*EUS ([[Endoscopic ultrasound]]): The doctor passes a thin, lighted tube (endoscope) through the patient's [[mouth]] and [[stomach]], down into the first part of the [[small intestine]]. At the tip of the endoscope is an ultrasound device. The doctor slowly withdraws the endoscope from the intestine toward the stomach to make images of the pancreas and surrounding [[organs]] and [[tissues]]. | :*EUS ([[Endoscopic ultrasound]]): The doctor passes a thin, lighted tube (endoscope) through the patient's [[mouth]] and [[stomach]], down into the first part of the [[small intestine]]. At the tip of the endoscope is an ultrasound device. The doctor slowly withdraws the endoscope from the intestine toward the stomach to make images of the pancreas and surrounding [[organs]] and [[tissues]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Pancreatic cancer Microchapters |
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Pancreatic cancer ultrasound On the Web |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Pancreatic cancer ultrasound |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Pancreatic cancer ultrasound |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Ultrasound
- The ultrasound procedure may use an external or internal device, or both types:
- Transabdominal ultrasound: The doctor places the ultrasound device on the abdomen and slowly moves it around to take images of the pancreas.
- EUS (Endoscopic ultrasound): The doctor passes a thin, lighted tube (endoscope) through the patient's mouth and stomach, down into the first part of the small intestine. At the tip of the endoscope is an ultrasound device. The doctor slowly withdraws the endoscope from the intestine toward the stomach to make images of the pancreas and surrounding organs and tissues.