Metastatic Melanoma Invading the Minor Duodenal Papilla in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum Causing Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis: A Case Report

Metastasis to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract should always be a consideration when melanoma, particularly metastatic disease, is diagnosed. While metastasis to the small intestine is common, given its rich blood supply, metastasis to the pancreatic ducts is extremely rare. In patients with pancreat...

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Autores principales: Attarha, Barrett O, Diaz Garcia, Gerardo, Flint, Andrew T, Senada, Peter, Ribeiro, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10665128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022286
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47543
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author Attarha, Barrett O
Diaz Garcia, Gerardo
Flint, Andrew T
Senada, Peter
Ribeiro, Bruno
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Diaz Garcia, Gerardo
Flint, Andrew T
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Ribeiro, Bruno
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description Metastasis to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract should always be a consideration when melanoma, particularly metastatic disease, is diagnosed. While metastasis to the small intestine is common, given its rich blood supply, metastasis to the pancreatic ducts is extremely rare. In patients with pancreatic divisum, disease spread to the minor papilla can greatly increase the chance of developing pancreatitis due to the potential for increased pancreatic intraductal pressure. We present one unique case of metastatic melanoma to the minor duodenal papilla causing pancreatitis.
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spelling pubmed-106651282023-10-23 Metastatic Melanoma Invading the Minor Duodenal Papilla in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum Causing Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis: A Case Report Attarha, Barrett O Diaz Garcia, Gerardo Flint, Andrew T Senada, Peter Ribeiro, Bruno Cureus Gastroenterology Metastasis to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract should always be a consideration when melanoma, particularly metastatic disease, is diagnosed. While metastasis to the small intestine is common, given its rich blood supply, metastasis to the pancreatic ducts is extremely rare. In patients with pancreatic divisum, disease spread to the minor papilla can greatly increase the chance of developing pancreatitis due to the potential for increased pancreatic intraductal pressure. We present one unique case of metastatic melanoma to the minor duodenal papilla causing pancreatitis. Cureus 2023-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10665128/ /pubmed/38022286 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47543 Text en Copyright © 2023, Attarha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Gastroenterology
Attarha, Barrett O
Diaz Garcia, Gerardo
Flint, Andrew T
Senada, Peter
Ribeiro, Bruno
Metastatic Melanoma Invading the Minor Duodenal Papilla in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum Causing Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis: A Case Report
title Metastatic Melanoma Invading the Minor Duodenal Papilla in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum Causing Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis: A Case Report
title_full Metastatic Melanoma Invading the Minor Duodenal Papilla in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum Causing Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Metastatic Melanoma Invading the Minor Duodenal Papilla in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum Causing Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic Melanoma Invading the Minor Duodenal Papilla in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum Causing Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis: A Case Report
title_short Metastatic Melanoma Invading the Minor Duodenal Papilla in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum Causing Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis: A Case Report
title_sort metastatic melanoma invading the minor duodenal papilla in a patient with pancreas divisum causing acute recurrent pancreatitis: a case report
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10665128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022286
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47543
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