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Classroom classification

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Pancreatic carcinoma

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Common symptoms

腹部不适、食欲不振、脂肪泻、便秘、背部酸痛、恶心、消瘦、胀痛

The pathology of disease

Pancreatic carcinoma is adenocarcinoma of pancreas; elderly; poor prognosis; painless jaundice if head; back pain if body/tail.

Symptoms

Painless jaundice; weight loss; epigastric/back pain; Clay stools; Courvoisier sign

Causes

Smoking; chronic pancreatitis; diabetes; genetic syndromes.

Treatment

Whipple resection if resectable; chemo (FOLFIRINOX/gemcitabine); palliative stenting

Dept

Oncology / hepatobiliary surgery.

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