Chronic pancreatitis located in the pancreatic duct of a 23-year-old patient - What can be done?

Pancreatic head mass, what can be done? Diagnosis: cytology.

Pancreatic head mass: what can be done? Diagnosis: angiography.

Pancreatic head mass: what can be done? Diagnosis: laparoscopy.

The idea of using laparoscopy for diagnosing abdominal masses is as old as the use of laparoscopy itself. The first report of laparoscopy in America was published in 1911 by Bertram M. Bernheim of Johns Hopkins University. Using a rigid cytoscope and light reflected from a head lamp, the abdomen was explored for metastatic disease. The first use of laparoscopy for pancreatic cancer was presente...

Pancreatic head mass: what can be done? Diagnosis: surgery.

Pancreatic head mass, what can be done? Diagnosis: laboratory.

In the field of laboratory medicine, efforts are being made to provide clinicians with evidence conducive to correct clinical decision-making in patients with pancreatic diseases. In patients with pancreatic head mass, the diagnosis can only be made by deciding whether or not pancreatic cancer is present. The diagnostic work-up may start with the study of different biological samples, including...