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. 1983 May;65(3):176-9.

Experience with the 'Triple Test' in pancreatic disease

H H Thompson, C L Brown, R S Murray, D L Wingate, H D Ritchie

Experience with the 'Triple Test' in pancreatic disease

H H Thompson et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1983 May.

Abstract

The results of the secretin-pancreozymin test, duodenal aspirate cytology and hypotonic duodenography (the Triple Test), performed during a single duodenal intubation in patients with pancreatic or ampullary carcinoma, chronic pancreatitis and non-pancreatic disease were analysed retrospectively. Thirty-five of 36 carcinoma patients and all 11 chronic pancreatitis patients had an abnormal result. One hundred and sixteen of 170 non-pancreatic disease patients had a normal result. It would appear that the Triple Test (TT) may be a useful screening test for pancreatic disease.

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