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* Adenocarcinoma
 
* Adenocarcinoma
 
** Most common malignant tumor of the pancreas
 
** Most common malignant tumor of the pancreas
** Accounts for approximately 85 percent of all pancreatic tumors
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** Accounts for approximately 85% 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 percent of patients die within a year of diagnosis
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** Prognosis is poor
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*** 90% 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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** Can obstruct the biliary or pancreatic ducts which can cause a double duct sign on imaging and can also cause painless jaundice  
 
** Can obstruct the biliary or pancreatic ducts which can cause a double duct sign on imaging and can also cause painless jaundice  
 
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* Cellular specimen
 
* Cellular specimen
 
* Predominantly ductal type cells and sparse/absent acinar cells
 
* Predominantly ductal type cells and sparse/absent acinar cells
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* Drunken honeycomb
 
* Drunken honeycomb
 
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* Chronic pancreatitis
 
* Chronic pancreatitis
 
** Occurs in 4th and 5th decades
 
** Occurs in 4th and 5th decades

Latest revision as of 20:14, 16 January 2014

Clinical History

72 year old female with jaundice and a pancreatic mass.

Cytology

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