TY  - JOUR
AU  - Atanas Dimitrov Hilendarov
AU  - Lyubomir Georgiev Chervenkov
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/01/23
TI  - Pancreatic Lesions Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma Due to Imaging Findings
JO  - Medicine and Clinical Science
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
AB  - Purpose: To present imaging investigation of neoplastic, inflammatory and benign pancreatic lesions as
well as non-pancreatic processes that can simulate pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Materials and methods: One hundred and forty five patients were examined by CT investigation in
purpose to present pancreatic lesions witch previously suspected on other diagnostic methods of imaging.
Results and discussions: Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (ACP) is one of the most aggressive
malignances - leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the Western world. Focal fatty infiltration is
usually most pronounced in the head of the pancreas and at contrast enhancement in CT usually appears
as a region with reduced contrast material compared to normal pancreatic tissue simulating PA. Imaging
of a hypoattenuating lesion in the head of the pancreas corresponds to adenocarcinoma in most cases.
Conclusion: However radiologists should be careful, because a false positive diagnosis can lead to
unnecessary surgery, which is not without complications.
SN  - 2690-5191
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.33425/2690-5191.1139
DO  - 10.33425/2690-5191.1139