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Diagnostic accuracy of imaging modalities in periampullary tumors: comparison of CT, MRI and EU

Imaging in periampullary region tumors

Original Research doi:10.4328/ACAM.22632 Published: 20.03.2026 Ann Clin Anal Med 2026;17(Suppl 2)

Authors

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7
Affiliations

1Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Health Science University, Adana City Research and Training Hospital, Adana, Türkiye.

2Department of Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, Seyhan State Hospital, Adana, Türkiye.

3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health Science University, Adana City Research and Training Hospital, Adana, Türkiye.

4Department of Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, 25 Aralik State Hospital, Gaziantep, Türkiye.

5Department of Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, Health Science University, Adana City Research and Training Hospital, Adana, Türkiye.

6Department of Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, Yuregir State Hospital, Adana, Türkiye.

7Department of General Surgery, Division of Oncologic Surgery, Health Science University, Adana City Research and Training Hospital, Adana, Türkiye.

Corresponding Author

Adnan Kuvvetli

adnankuvvetli@hotmail.com

+90 532 597 28 89

Declarations

Ethics Declarations

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Health Sciences University, Adana City Training and Research Hospital (Decision No: 111/2119). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

Animal and Human Rights Statement

All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed Consent

Due to the retrospective design of the study, the requirement for written informed consent was waived by the institutional ethics committee.

Data Availability

The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Funding

None.

Author Contributions (CRediT Taxonomy)

Conceptualization: A.K., M.O.T.

Methodology: A.K., B.S.A.

Investigation: M.O.T., O.Y., Y.S.

Data curation: A.B.U., E.A.

Formal analysis: A.K., M.A.

Resources: A.B.U., E.A., A.A.

Writing – original draft: A.K., B.S.A.

Writing – review & editing: A.P., A.A.

Supervision: A.P.

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Tables

Table 1. The diagnostic accuracy of imaging methods for major vascular invasion

Table 1. The diagnostic accuracy of imaging methods for major vascular invasion

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Table 2. The diagnostic accuracy of imaging methods for lymphadenopathy

Table 2. The diagnostic accuracy of imaging methods for lymphadenopathy

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Table 3. Simple linear regression analysis results regarding pathological dimension

Table 3. Simple linear regression analysis results regarding pathological dimension

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How to Cite This Article

Adnan Kuvvetli, Mustafa Oguz Tugcan, Begum Seyda Avci, Onder Yesiloglu, Yeliz Simsek, Ahmet Burak Urfalioglu, Erdem Aksay, Akkan Avci, Mustafa Avsar, Alper Parlakgumus. Diagnostic accuracy of imaging modalities in periampullary tumors: comparison of CT, MRI and EU. Ann Clin Anal Med 2026;17(Suppl 2). doi:10.4328/ACAM.22632

Publication History

Received:
04.03.2025
Accepted:
26.05.2025
Published Online:
14.07.2025
Printed:
20.03.2026