title: Pictorial essay: multimodality imaging of metastases from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Efe
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balachandran
authors.forename: Priya R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bhosale
authors.forename: Eric P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Tamm
authors.forename: Leonardo P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Marcal
authors.forename: Janio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szklaruk
mesh_terms: D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*