title: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma presenting as acute pancreatitis during pregnancy: clinical and radiologic manifestations.
abstract: Only seven cases of pancreatic adenocarcinoma diagnosed during pregnancy have been reported. In this article, we describe a case of pancreatic adenocarcinoma presenting clinically as acute pancreatitis in a pregnant patient. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) revealed a pancreatic mass with an inflammatory component and multiple hyperintense metastatic lesions in the liver. The patient was initially treated for biliary pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer was not suspected given her young age and absence of risk factors. A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in a pregnant patient requires a high index of suspicion, and pancreatitis can be a mode of presentation.
authors.affiliation: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: Dinushi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: Ramprasad
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kandavar
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palacios
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000601:surgery; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000601:surgery; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome