title: Pancreatic panniculitis secondary to acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas.
abstract: We report the case of a 68-year-old white woman who presented with painful, 1- to 4-cm, erythematous nodules located bilaterally on the anterior and medial shins that had progressively developed and worsened over the last month. Workup revealed pancreatic panniculitis (PP) secondary to acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas (ACCP). The unique clinicopathologic features, differential diagnosis, underlying causes, associated laboratory and clinical findings, pathophysiology, treatments, and appropriate workup for PP also are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Califomia, San Francisco, USA. gorovoyi@vision.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Ian R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Gorovoy
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McSorley
authors.forename: Jaclyn B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gorovoy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018267:Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015431:Weight Loss