Diagnostic value of CT in pancreatic carcinoma a retrospective study

ABSTRACT

Abdominal CT scans for 15 patients proved to have carcinoma of the pancreas were revised. The main primary CT features were, the presence of a mass lesion and assocaited dilated common bile duct and/or pancreatic ducts. Secondary features of malignancy were surface irregularity, organ invasion, lymph node enlargement and liver deposits. CT is valuable in diagnosis of the presence of the tumour, its site and size and staging of pancreatic carcinoma. Also CT helps in tumour resection after demonstrating its size