Yang Wei, Wu Sheng Li, Umar Ali, Liu Qing Guang, Pan Cheng En.
The diagnosis and treatments of Pancreatolithiasis with Pancreatic Cancer.
Pak J Pathol Jan ;12(2):23-6.

To study the relationship, diagnosis and treatments of pancreatolithiasis and pancreatic cancer, eight cases of Pancreatolithiasis with pancreatic cancer were reviewed and summarized which all were operated from Jan 1990 to Jun 1999. Among these cases, there were six cases of pancreatoduodenectomy, one cases of pancreolithotomy and pancreaticojejunostomy while the last one was performed biopsy. The major symptom was abdominalgia in pancreatolithiasis. This disease can be diagnosed correctly with B-mode ultrasonography, ERCP and CT scan. ERCP is key to diagnose the disease. It is concluded that B-mode ultrasonography is the best choice for the diagnosis of pancreatolithiasis, moreover pancreatoduodenectomy is first adopted in pancreatolithiasis.

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