A Dangerous Mimic: Chronic Pancreatitis Masquerading As Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) is the most common form of pancreatic cancer in adults, although extremely rare before the age of 40 years. It is known that the cytology of chronic pancreatitis can mimic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We present a case of a 13-year-old male with chronic pancreatitis tha...

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Autores principales: Li, Zoe, Salik, Irim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Anesthesiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8695670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963827
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19795
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description Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) is the most common form of pancreatic cancer in adults, although extremely rare before the age of 40 years. It is known that the cytology of chronic pancreatitis can mimic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We present a case of a 13-year-old male with chronic pancreatitis that was misdiagnosed as PAC. The patient subsequently underwent a Whipple procedure, highlighting the importance of a correct diagnosis prior to undergoing invasive surgical procedures.
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spelling pubmed-86956702021-12-27 A Dangerous Mimic: Chronic Pancreatitis Masquerading As Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Li, Zoe Salik, Irim Cureus Anesthesiology Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) is the most common form of pancreatic cancer in adults, although extremely rare before the age of 40 years. It is known that the cytology of chronic pancreatitis can mimic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We present a case of a 13-year-old male with chronic pancreatitis that was misdiagnosed as PAC. The patient subsequently underwent a Whipple procedure, highlighting the importance of a correct diagnosis prior to undergoing invasive surgical procedures. Cureus 2021-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8695670/ /pubmed/34963827 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19795 Text en Copyright © 2021, Li 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.
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title A Dangerous Mimic: Chronic Pancreatitis Masquerading As Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
title_full A Dangerous Mimic: Chronic Pancreatitis Masquerading As Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
title_fullStr A Dangerous Mimic: Chronic Pancreatitis Masquerading As Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
title_full_unstemmed A Dangerous Mimic: Chronic Pancreatitis Masquerading As Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
title_short A Dangerous Mimic: Chronic Pancreatitis Masquerading As Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
title_sort dangerous mimic: chronic pancreatitis masquerading as pancreatic adenocarcinoma
topic Anesthesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8695670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963827
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19795
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