Purpose of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) in Measurement of Focal Pancreatic Mass Lesions

Abstract

To determine the accuracy and efficacy of MDCT in the evaluation of focal pancreatic mass lesions. To document the effectiveness of MDCT in evaluating and characterizing various types of focal pancreatic lesions and correlate the MDCT findings with ultrasound and MRI findings and available surgical, cytological, histopathological findings where it is applicable. This study was carried out at Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry. The present study was carried on 30 patients of operated neck cancers. To assess the efficacy of MDCT in characterizing the pancreatic lesions leads to benign and malignant. To analyze the data and provide the sensitivity specificity and positive predictive value of MDCT in diagnosing focal pancreatic mass lesions with clinical, surgical / cytological findings as reference standards where it is available. Our results clearly show the detection and staging of pancreatic carcinoma, contrast enhanced MDCT plays an important role in malignant tumors in correlation with histopathological biopsy after surgery.