ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Differential Diagnosis of Solid Pancreatic Lesions Using Detective Flow Imaging Endoscopic Ultrasonography.
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Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Detective Flow Imaging (EUS-DFI) for the Evaluation of Solid Pancreatic Tumours: A Prospective, International Multicenter Study
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Role of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Management of Pancreaticobiliary Cancers: Recent Trends and Advances.Cancers · 2026Review
- Integrating Advanced Endoscopic Techniques and Confocal Microscopy for Early Detection of Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.Cancers · 2026Review
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- Endoscopic ultrasound features of pancreatic solid lesions: Descriptive and predictive analysis on a multicenter sample.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Detective Flow Imaging Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Evaluating Blood Flow Within Mural Nodules of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions (SPLs) using B-mode endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is challenging. Detective flow imaging (DFI) offers the potential for detecting low-flow vessels in the pancreas, thus enhancing diagnostic accuracy. This retrospective study aimed to investigate DFI-EUS findings of SPLs and analyze their differential diagnostic accuracy for pancreatic cancer. We included 104 patients with pathologically confirmed SPLs who underwent EUS between April 2021 and June 2023. Expert endosonographers, blinded to the patients' clinical data, evaluated images obtained through B-mode, eFLOW, and DFI-EUS. The frame rate and vessel detection sensitivity were compared between eFLOW and DFI, and the diagnostic criteria for pancreatic cancer were established. The visualization rate for vessels in SPLs was significantly higher with DFI-EUS (96%) compared to eFLOW (27%). Additionally, DFI showed a superior frame rate, sensitivity (99%), and accuracy (88%) for detecting pancreatic cancer, although with a modest specificity (43%). On DFI-EUS, characteristics such as hypovascularity, peritumoral vessel distribution, or spotty vessel form were suggestive of pancreatic cancer. DFI-EUS significantly improved the visualization of vascular structures within the SPLs, highlighting its efficacy as a diagnostic modality for pancreatic cancer.
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