title: Pearls and pitfalls of imaging metastatic disease from pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a systematic review.
abstract: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a systemic disease due to the presence of metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis and local recurrence as well as distant metastatic disease after treatment in a majority of patients. Recognition of these metastatic sites may help in accurate staging and assessment of therapeutic response. The authors discuss and illustrate imaging findings of metastatic disease from pancreatic adenocarcinoma in different organ systems with emphasis on entities that can mimic metastatic pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231; Pancreatitis Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231. Electronic address: azaheer1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaheer
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231.
authors.forename: Vibhor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wadhwa
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231.
authors.forename: Elliot K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Adenocarcinoma; CT; Metastatic disease; Pancreas