Preoperative Diagnosis of Solid Pancreatic Mass: Literature Review
Identification and differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic tumors remains an unsolved problem in modern pancreatology. Analysis of published data shows the high interest of researchers to this issue, and identifies a number of issues that require further study. The majority of publications concerns diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, however, evaluation of their prevalence and early detection still remains a challenge. In addition, late diagnosis of insulinomas can not put a correct diagnosis for over 5 years. Differential diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors and metastases of renal cell carcinoma still causes great difficulties. To improve diagnostic accuracy it is necessary to combine data techniques and estimate the zone of interest on a set of criteria.