Computed tomography features of acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas.

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
M BaratP Soyer

Abstract

To report the computed tomography (CT) features of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) and identify CT features that may help discriminate between pancreatic ACC and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). The CT examinations of 20 patients (13 men, 7 women; mean age, 66.5±10.7 [SD] years; range: 51-88 years) with 20 histopathologically proven pancreatic ACC were reviewed. CT images were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively and compared to those obtained in 20 patients with PDA. Comparisons were performed using univariate analysis with a conditional logistic regression model. Pancreatic ACC presented as an enhancing (20/20; 100%), oval (15/20; 75%), well-delineated (14/20; 70%) and purely solid (13/20; 65%) pancreatic mass with a mean diameter of 52.6±28.0 (SD) mm (range: 24-120mm) in association with visible lymph nodes (14/20; 70%). At univariate analysis, well-defined margins (Odds ratio [OR], 7.00; P=0.005), nondilated bile ducts (OR, 9.00; P=0.007), visible lymph nodes (OR, 4.33; P=0.028) and adjacent organ involvement (OR, 5.67; P=0.02) were the most discriminating CT features to differentiate pancreatic ACC from PDA. When present, lymph nodes were larger in patients with pancreatic ACC (14±4.8 [SD]; range: 7-25mm...Continue Reading

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Oct 22, 2020·Japanese Journal of Radiology·Marion BartoliPhilippe Soyer
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