- Physicians
Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:
- In the setting of early PDAC, it is often easier to see the secondary signs rather than the mass itself
- Abrupt terminating duct sign
- Corona sign
- Field defect: Pancreas and IPMNs - patients with IPMNs are prone to developing cancer elsewhere in the pancreas
- analogous to cirrhosis and HCC
- Acute pancreatitis confined to the pancreatic tail is abnormal and needs explanation
- Is there a mass?
- Are there findings of chronic pancreatitis?
- Is there AIP?
- If none, think imaging occult PDAC
- Autoimmune pancreatitis/IgG4 disease - consider when there is
- Sausage-shaped pancreas
- hypodense peripheral rim,
- extrapancreatic disease --> biliary strictures, renal involvement, and retroperitoneal fibrosis
- Distinction between PDAC and groove pancreatitis can be challenging...
- Marked dilation of main pancreatic duct, encasement of vessels, liver lesions (mets), jaundice/weight loss, lack of cysts in groove, lack of alcohol abuse --> favors PDAC
- Characteristic location , cysts in the groove, lack of vessel encasement, and alcohol abuse --> favors groove pancreatitis
- Michael Griffin
- Charles Messerly
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ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 1.00 Hours of ParticipationHours of Participation credit.