Pancreatic cancer Quiz: Ace Your Exams

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A 50-year-old woman presents to the primary care clinic with a 1-month history of “feeling down” and a 5 kg unintentional weight loss. The patient reports vague abdominal pain radiating to the back and several episodes of tender erythematous, and palpable cord-like veins on the extremities. The patient has not had night sweats, fever, vomiting, dysphagia, change in urine or stool color, or change in bowel habits. Past medical history is significant for hypertension. Family history is significant for a parent who died from breast cancer at the age of 35. The patient has a 13-pack-year smoking history. BMI is 27 kg/m2. Temperature is 36.5°C (97.7°F), blood pressure is 135/89 mmHg, pulse is 70/min, and respiratory rate is 18/min. Physical examination is significant for epigastric tenderness on palpation and a erythematous, tender, cord over the right lower extremity. Laboratory findings are significant for an elevated CA19-9. Which of the following studies should be ordered next to help make the diagnosis?  

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