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Computed tomographic findings in patients with localized and extensive pancreatic head cancer were studied. Widening of the pancreatic duct existed in both groups; mass shadow was hardly detected in localized and rather easily detected in extensive cancer; duodenal invasion and obliteration of fat planes were found only in extensive type; enlargement of the pancreas was a confusing factor of tumor detection in localized type; atrophy of the pancreatic body and tail was a most favorable indirect sign in extensive cancer.
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Inamoto, K., Yamazaki, H., Kuwata, K. et al. Computed tomography of carcinoma in the pancreatic head. Gastrointest Radiol 6, 343–347 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01890283
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