Challenge: What's the diagnosis?
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Monday, June 10, 2013
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Challenge: What's the diagnosis?
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This CT scan is taken from a 50 year old African American man with diabetes, smoking, obesity and a history of partial gastrectomy. He initially presented with asthenia, weight loss, anorexia, insidious gnawing epigastric pain, jaundice, and dark urine.
Challenge: What's the diagnosis?
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Challenge: What's the diagnosis?
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6 comments:
the pancreatic head mass looks ugly and malignant. it is likely a pancreatic adenocarcinoma pressing on the bile duct cause you could also see the distended gallbladder.
also the cyst on the left kidney might be coincidental finding unrelated to the pancreatic mass i guess..
My specialty! AdenoCA of the head of the pancreas
pancreatic ca
pancreatic islet cell cancer?
pancreatic pseudocyst, with CBD obstruction
lots of responses - yes it's pancreatic adenocarcinoma. good job guys!
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Dreaded I
This is a pancreatic adenocarcinoma; the CT shows a mass of the pancreatic head.
Sources: UpToDate; Wikipedia.
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