pancreatic adenocarcinoma

• males (60%)
• blacks > whites

• risk factors:
  • tobacco
  • familial pancreatitis
  • not EtOH!

• focal mass in 95%
• pancreatic head in 66%
• small (low-density, hypoechoic) mass
• infiltrates locally, obstructs ducts and encases vessels
• mets to liver, local nodes

See also: pancreatic neoplasms

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18