Pancreatic pleuropericardial effusions presenting as tumor of the lung.
A 45-year-old man presented with what was thought to be a mass in the left upper lung and a pericardial friction rub. He was subsequently discovered to have a loculated pleural effusion and pericardial effusion associated with chronic pancreatitis. This is the first instance we were able to find of pancreatitis mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma with pericardial metastasis.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology