Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is projected to become the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States by 2030, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The International ...

Mild dilatation of the main pancreatic duct is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer in high-risk individuals, according to data from a prospective cohort study. The cumulative probability of high-grade ...

The patient is a 20-year-old white woman with mild-to-moderate acute pancreatitis; she has gallstones but no evidence of acute cholecystitis on ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), or magnetic ...

A 60-year-old white man was transferred with a 3-week history of intermittent, generalized abdominal pain, diarrhea, and a 1-week history of jaundice, dark urine, and light-colored stool. He had no ...

The image shows an ultrasound endoscope in the stomach imaging the pancreas (left picture) and corresponding small pancreatic cancer that is undergoing fine needle biopsy under endoscopic ultrasound ...

An enlarged pancreas may mean nothing. You may simply have a pancreas that is larger than normal. Or, it can be a result of fat accumulation around the pancreas or an anatomic abnormality. But other ...

CT scan of a pancreas that shows enlarged pancreatic duct. Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine The findings, they say, are not yet proof of the concept, but do strongly suggest that removing so-called ...

Pancreas cysts come in a wide variety. Many times, they cause no symptoms and are accidentally discovered when imaging is done for some other reason. In other cases, pancreas cysts can cause abdominal ...

EPBD for stone extraction should be avoided in routine clinical practice; if used for patients with coagulopathy or altered surgical anatomy, care should be taken to avoid contrast injection into the ...