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Figure 5.5.11 Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Feline) CT

(a) CT, TP (b) CT+C, TP (c) CT+C, TP
14y MC Domestic Longhair with weight loss and lethargy. There is a soft‐tissue attenuating mass in the region of the right pancreatic
lobe. The duodenum is not clearly visible on the unenhanced images. On contrast‐enhanced images, there is peripheral contrast enhance-
ment of a large pancreatic mass with a central fluid‐attenuating region (b: arrows). The mass compresses the lumen of the duodenum
(b: arrowhead); however, it appears separate. The mass is contiguous with the left pancreatic lobe (c: arrows). Surgical biopsy revealed a
diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

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