Ultrasonic visualization of Wirsung's duct: Dream or reality?

✍ Scribed by Albert Eisenscher; Francis Weill

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 410 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870070112

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Ultrasonic visualization of normal and pathological Wirsung's ducts has become quite common, especially with the newest gray scale units. Ductal images were studied in 17 cases of quiescent chronic pancreatitis. Duct dilatation could be identified in the majority.