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Classroom classification

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Pancreatic head carcinoma

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Common symptoms

灰白大便、腹痛伴黄疸、排便频率异常、腹泻、上腹部疼痛、消化不良、恶心、消瘦

The pathology of disease

Pancreatic head carcinoma is pancreatic adenocarcinoma in head; painless jaundice; weight loss; Courvoisier gallbladder; poor prognosis; Whipple/chemotherapy.

Symptoms

Painless jaundice; weight loss; abdominal pain; pale stool; dark urine; Courvoisier gallbladder; older; poor prognosis

Causes

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; smoking; chronic pancreatitis; diabetes; family history.

Treatment

Whipple resection if resectable; chemotherapy (FOLFIRINOX); biliary stent; oncology; prognosis poor

Dept

Pancreatobiliary surgery / oncology / gastroenterology.

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