Pictorial essay: multimodality imaging of metastases from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Surgical resection is the only curative therapy available for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Unfortunately, metastatic disease constitutes an absolute contraindication for surgery. Therefore, the detection of metastatic disease is a critical component of preoperative imaging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are currently used for the preoperative evaluation of these patients. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography and ultrasonography may also be helpful in the detection of metastatic disease. This pictorial essay reviews the imaging findings of common and uncommon metastases from pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Ozkan
Efe
E
Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. efe.ozkan@di.mdacc.tmc.edu
Balachandran
Aparna
A
Bhosale
Priya R
PR
Tamm
Eric P
EP
Marcal
Leonardo P
LP
Szklaruk
Janio
J
D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*