Pancreatic cancer presenting with resolving pseudocyst during octreotide therapy.
Pancreatic cancer presenting as acute pancreatitis is relatively uncommon. Pancreatic cancer should be included in the differential diagnosis of "idiopathic" acute pancreatitis, particularly in the elderly. The following case report describes a patient in whom pancreatic cancer presented as acute pancreatitis with pseudocyst formation and subsequent resolution with octreotide therapy. Various implications of this case are reviewed.
Nugent
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CE
Department of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis 46202-5167.
Lehman
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GA
Madura
J A
JA
Kopecky
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K
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D015282:Octreotide