Variables

Numbers

Percentage

Circumstances of discovery

Suggestive symptoms

71

100

Complications

0

0

Fortuitous discovery

0

0

Functional signs

Cholestasis syndrome

Jaundice

69

97.2

discolored stools

47

66.2

Dark urine

57

80.3

Pruritus

45

63.4

Other functional signs

Epigastric pain

28

39.4

Diarrhea

2

2.8

Weightloss

24

33.8

Fever

6

8.5

Melena

2

2.8

WHO performance status

≤2

39

54.9

>2

32

45.1

Physical signs

Abdominal distension

4

5.6

Hepatomegaly

11

15.5

Abdominal mass

4

5.6

Courvoisier Terrier’s sign

24

33.8

ASA classification

≤2

6

8.5

>2

65

91.5

Etiological diagnosis

Pancreatic head cancer

55

77.5

Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

8

11.3

Ampullary adenocarcinoma

8

11.3

cTNM stage

Stage I

4

5.6

Stage II

31

43.7

Stage III

16

22.5

Stage IV

20

28.2