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* Adenocarcinoma
 
* Adenocarcinoma
 
** Most common malignant tumor of the pancreas
 
** Most common malignant tumor of the pancreas
** Accounts for approximately 85% of all pancreatic tumors
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** Accounts for approximately 85percent of all pancreatic tumors
 
** Patients are commonly women in the 6th and 7th decades of life
 
** Patients are commonly women in the 6th and 7th decades of life
** Prognosis is poor 90% of patients die within a year of diagnosis
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** Prognosis is poor 90 percent of patients die within a year of diagnosis
 
** Association with cigarette smoking, high fat diet, and diabetes mellitus
 
** Association with cigarette smoking, high fat diet, and diabetes mellitus
 
** Triad of weight loss, pain, and jaundice
 
** Triad of weight loss, pain, and jaundice

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Clinical History

72 year old female with jaundice and a pancreatic mass.

Cytology

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