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ReviewThe Korean journal of internal medicine2022

Current status of the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis by ultrasonographic elastography.

Kazunori Nakaoka, Senju Hashimoto, Ryoji Miyahara, Hiroki Kawashima, Eizaburo Ohno, Takuya Ishikawa, Takamichi Kuwahara, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yoshiki Hirooka

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Review in The Korean journal of internal medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kazunori NakaokaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
Senju HashimotoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
Ryoji MiyaharaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
Hiroki KawashimaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Eizaburo OhnoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Takuya IshikawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Takamichi KuwaharaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Hiroyuki TanakaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
Yoshiki HirookaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
Fujita Health University · JPNagoya University · JPAichi Cancer Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is pathologically characterized by the loss of exocrine pancreatic parenchyma, irregular fibrosis, cellular infiltration, and ductal abnormalities. Diagnosing CP objectively is difficult because standard diagnostic criteria are insufficient. The change of parenchymal hardness is the key factor for the diagnosis and understanding of the severity of CP. The ultrasonography (US) or endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) elastography have been used to diagnose pancreatic diseases. Both strain elastography (SE) and shear wave elastography are specific diagnostic techniques for measuring tissue hardness. Most previous studies were conducted with SE. There are three methods of interpreting SE; the method of recognizing the patterns in SE distribution images in the region of interest, the method of using strain ratio to compare the hardness of adipose tissue or connective tissue with that of the lesion, and the method of evaluating the hardness distribution of a target by histogram analysis. These former two methods have been used primarily for neoplastic diseases, and histograms analysis has been used to assess hardness distribution in the evaluation of CP. Since the hardness of the pancreas increases with aging, it is necessary to consider the age in the diagnosis of pancreatic disorders using US or EUS elastography.

Indexed as

Elasticity Imaging TechniquesPancreatitis, ChronicEndosonographyFibrosisHumansPancreasChronic pancreatitisElastographyUltrasonography

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PMID34902894
PMCPMC8747928
OpenAlexW4200001067

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