title: Association of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, mild lung disease, and delta F508 mutation in a cystic fibrosis patient.
abstract: A case of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and mild lung disease in a 39-year-old man homozygous for the delta F508 cystic fibrosis mutation is presented. Cystic fibrosis is the most common lethal genetic disease in Caucasians, and is most commonly associated with severe obstructive lung disease. To our knowledge, this is only the fifth case of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas in a CF patient to be reported and the first case for which molecular data are available. The rare incidence of this type of malignancy in the general population suggests a possible association of CF with this malignant disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27514.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Tsongalis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Faber
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Dalldorf
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Yankaskas
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C505032:CFTR protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator