Treatment strategies for patients with negative biopsy for pancreatic head mass
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-8118.2012.11.001
- VernacularTitle:胰头肿块组织活检阴性的处理对策
- Author:
Taiping ZHANG
;
Jian LI
;
Yupei ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pancreatic neoplasms;
Pancreatitis,chronic;
Biopsy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery
2012;(11):809-812
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The special anatomy around the head of pancreas leads to difficulties in arriving at a definitive diagnosis for a pancreatic head mass,the management of which has recently become a hot topic and a challenge for clinicians.Despite recent advances in tumor markers,ultrasound,CT,PET/CT and MRI,some of these pancreatic head masses cannot be diagnosed with certainty.A fine needle aspiration biopsy can be used before operation; however,false negative results not infrequently happen.Based on the reports from domestic and foreign medical literatures published recently,this paper reviewed and discussed the proper treatment strategies when biopsy results from a pancreatic head mass turn out negative.
