Educational Case: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Clinical Presentation, Pathogenesis, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Modalities

Katya Dombrowski; Saeed Asiry; Agnes Colanta; Samer N Khader

doi:10.1177/2374289520951919

Educational Case: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Clinical Presentation, Pathogenesis, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Modalities

Acad Pathol. 2020 Sep 10:7:2374289520951919. doi: 10.1177/2374289520951919. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Katya Dombrowski^{1

2}, Saeed Asiry¹, Agnes Colanta¹, Samer N Khader^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
² Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: cytopathology; diagnostic medicine; organ system pathology; pancreas; pancreatic adenocarcinoma; pancreatic neoplasia; pathology competencies; staging.