A 58-year-old man presents with painless progressive jaundice, pale stools, and dark urine for 3 weeks. Ultrasound shows dilated intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts with a dilated pancreatic duct. Which single clinical or investigative finding best distinguishes pancreatic head carcinoma from choledocholithiasis in this patient?

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