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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

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