title: Acute pancreatitis associated with tumour metastases in the pancreas.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis is an unusual feature of non-pancreatic neoplasia. The presentation and clinical course of 7 patients with carcinoma metastatic to the pancreas is reported. In 5 the initial presentation was acute pancreatitis, and in the remaining 2 the diagnosis was made at autopsy. The primary sites of cancer were in the stomach (5 patients), bronchus (1 patient) and tonsil (1 patient).
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms