An uncommon case of pancreatic adenocarcinoma revealed by dermatitis

We report a 63‐year‐old‐woman who presented with a pruritic rash on both thighs. Radiologic investigations revealed a pancreatic mass. Pancreatic cancer was confirmed by biopsy and the rash resolved after chemotherapy followed by pancreatoduodenectomy. Urticarial dermatitis is a rare paraneoplastic...

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Autores principales: Ben Kridis, Wala, Khanfir, Afef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9021705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35475197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12734
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spelling pubmed-90217052022-04-25 An uncommon case of pancreatic adenocarcinoma revealed by dermatitis Ben Kridis, Wala Khanfir, Afef JGH Open Case Reports We report a 63‐year‐old‐woman who presented with a pruritic rash on both thighs. Radiologic investigations revealed a pancreatic mass. Pancreatic cancer was confirmed by biopsy and the rash resolved after chemotherapy followed by pancreatoduodenectomy. Urticarial dermatitis is a rare paraneoplastic manifestation of pancreatic cancer in Africa. Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2022-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9021705/ /pubmed/35475197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12734 Text en © 2022 The Authors. JGH Open published by Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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