Clin Ultrasound.
2024 May;9(1):38-41. 10.18525/cu.2024.9.1.38.
Visualization of Pancreatic Tail Cancer with Liver Metastasis through Abdominal Transsplenic Scan
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea
- KMID: 2556125
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.18525/cu.2024.9.1.38
Abstract
- Pancreatic cancer typically presents as a focal hypoechoic, hypovascular solid mass with irregular margins on ultrasound. Pancreatic tail disease can be difficult to detect on abdominal ultrasonography. A 75-year-old man visited our institution with upper abdominal pain. We successfully visualized a pancreatic tail mass on abdominal transsplenic scan and multiple liver masses via abdominal transverse scan. His diagnosis was confirmed as pancreatic tail cancer with liver metastasis following endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy. Abdominal transsplenic scan proved valuable for diagnosing pancreatic tail disease because abdominal ultrasound has limited utility for evaluating pancreatic tail masses due to obscuration by bowel gas.
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