Dad is Asymptomatic but…

These are the notes from his scan today.

3.0 × 2.5 cm mass in the pancreatic neck with dilatation of the pancreatic duct. This is suspicious for a primary pancreatic malignancy. The mass contacts the splenic artery, splenic vein, and portal vein. 2. There are several borderline enlarged gastrohepatic ligament, porta hepatis, mesenteric, and retroperitoneal lymph nodes. While nonspecific, these could be due to metastatic disease. 3. There is bulky right axillary lymphadenopathy and lesser left axillary lymphadenopathy. These findings could be due to metastatic disease or possibly lymphoma. 4. Small hiatal hernia. 5. Nonspecific 3 mm right lower lobe pulmonary nodule. No mediastinal or hilar lymphadenopathy.

Backstory: Dad had a bad case of diarrhea and during an ER visit last month Nov 28 2024, he had a CT scan to rule out any findings that would be contributing to it. They didn’t find anything that may have caused his diarrhea but the radiologist noted a mass in the pancreas neck measuring 3.0 x 1.9 cm. Fast forward today Dec 28 2024 and above is his new readings. We have an appt for Monday and a referral for an ULTRASOUND as well.