title: Ultrasound and computed tomographic findings in pancreatic metastases.
abstract: This is a retrospective study of a series of seven patients with pancreatic metastases studied by ultrasonography and computed tomography. They were detected during tumor staging, or in the follow-up period of over 10 years of patients with advanced known malignancy. Lesions were multiple in two patients and solitary in five; solid in six cases and cystic in one. Clinically, four cases were asymptomatic and three cases presented with jaundice or epigastric pain. Ultrasonography and computed tomography findings were non-specific. Consequently it was not possible to differentiate solitary metastases from primary solid adenocarcinoma and cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas. In these cases, computed tomography- or ultrasonography-guided biopsies had to be performed to obtain histological proof. However, multiple lesions discovered in a patient with a known malignancy can be assumed to be due to metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Haut Leveque, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Biset
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Verbizier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Houang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Constantes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drouillard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography