Pancreatic gout masquerading as pancreatic cancer in a heart transplant candidate.
In this report, a case is presented of a patient with advanced heart failure who had asymptomatic pancreatic gout, which masqueraded as metastatic pancreatic cancer. This unusual presentation of gout was important to recognize, as the presence of a pancreatic cancer would have precluded cardiac transplantation in an otherwise suitable candidate.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Sachin
S
Gupta
Zsuzsanna
Z
McMahan
Parag C
PC
Patel
David W
DW
Markham
Mark H
MH
Drazner
Pradeep P A
PP
Mammen
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006073:Gout / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
D014527:Uric Acid