A Unique Case of Exploratory Laparotomy in the Setting of Large Bowel Obstruction Led to the Detection of Pancreatic Carcinoma

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the second most common gastrointestinal cancer after colon cancer. There is a delay in the detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma as it remains asymptomatic in many individuals until it has metastasized to different parts of the body. We present a case of pancreatic canc...

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Autores principales: Kochhar, Smriti, Zuckerberg, Allison, Kocur, Mariusz, Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha, Ikwuanusi, Ifeanyi, Lake, Thomas, Cotler, Harrison, Cheriyath, Pramil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35228924
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21565
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author Kochhar, Smriti
Zuckerberg, Allison
Kocur, Mariusz
Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha
Ikwuanusi, Ifeanyi
Lake, Thomas
Cotler, Harrison
Cheriyath, Pramil
author_facet Kochhar, Smriti
Zuckerberg, Allison
Kocur, Mariusz
Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha
Ikwuanusi, Ifeanyi
Lake, Thomas
Cotler, Harrison
Cheriyath, Pramil
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description Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the second most common gastrointestinal cancer after colon cancer. There is a delay in the detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma as it remains asymptomatic in many individuals until it has metastasized to different parts of the body. We present a case of pancreatic cancer causing a large bowel obstruction in a 78-year-old female, detected during an exploratory laparotomy. Despite the increased incidence of pancreatic cancer, there are no screening guidelines that have been enacted for early detection and cure. Practicing clinicians should keep pancreatic cancer in the differential in high-risk individuals.
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spelling pubmed-88659102022-02-27 A Unique Case of Exploratory Laparotomy in the Setting of Large Bowel Obstruction Led to the Detection of Pancreatic Carcinoma Kochhar, Smriti Zuckerberg, Allison Kocur, Mariusz Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha Ikwuanusi, Ifeanyi Lake, Thomas Cotler, Harrison Cheriyath, Pramil Cureus Internal Medicine Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the second most common gastrointestinal cancer after colon cancer. There is a delay in the detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma as it remains asymptomatic in many individuals until it has metastasized to different parts of the body. We present a case of pancreatic cancer causing a large bowel obstruction in a 78-year-old female, detected during an exploratory laparotomy. Despite the increased incidence of pancreatic cancer, there are no screening guidelines that have been enacted for early detection and cure. Practicing clinicians should keep pancreatic cancer in the differential in high-risk individuals. Cureus 2022-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8865910/ /pubmed/35228924 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21565 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kochhar 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 Internal Medicine
Kochhar, Smriti
Zuckerberg, Allison
Kocur, Mariusz
Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha
Ikwuanusi, Ifeanyi
Lake, Thomas
Cotler, Harrison
Cheriyath, Pramil
A Unique Case of Exploratory Laparotomy in the Setting of Large Bowel Obstruction Led to the Detection of Pancreatic Carcinoma
title A Unique Case of Exploratory Laparotomy in the Setting of Large Bowel Obstruction Led to the Detection of Pancreatic Carcinoma
title_full A Unique Case of Exploratory Laparotomy in the Setting of Large Bowel Obstruction Led to the Detection of Pancreatic Carcinoma
title_fullStr A Unique Case of Exploratory Laparotomy in the Setting of Large Bowel Obstruction Led to the Detection of Pancreatic Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed A Unique Case of Exploratory Laparotomy in the Setting of Large Bowel Obstruction Led to the Detection of Pancreatic Carcinoma
title_short A Unique Case of Exploratory Laparotomy in the Setting of Large Bowel Obstruction Led to the Detection of Pancreatic Carcinoma
title_sort unique case of exploratory laparotomy in the setting of large bowel obstruction led to the detection of pancreatic carcinoma
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35228924
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21565
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