Abstract
Multiple pathological processes can induce alterations of tissue stiffness.[1] For example, malignant tumors are often stiffer than the surrounding tissue. Manual palpation provides very useful information about the elasticity of tissues. However, the organs located deep in the body cannot be evaluated by manual palpation. Nowadays, it is possible to perform a virtual palpation of the internal organs by applying elastography, which is an emerging set of imaging modalities used to reproduce tissue elasticity.[2] Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) elastography, described for the first time in 2005, remains an appropriate method for the assessment of pancreaticobiliary diseases.[3,4,5,6,7,8]
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