title: Pancreatic Abscess: An Unusual Presentation of Pancreatic Tail Cancer.
abstract: Pancreatic abscess usually occurs in the setting of pancreatitis especially if complicated by pseudocysts or pancreatic necrosis. On the other hand, pancreatic body and tail cancer is relatively uncommon cancer and rarely does it present as a pancreatic abscess. We describe a 50-year-old man with sepsis due to underlying pancreatic abscess, who was later diagnosed to have pancreatic tail adenocarcinoma with the help of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhattarai
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Gelsinger medical center, Danville, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Gelsinger medical center, Danville, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nepal
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Adenocarcinoma of pancreas; pancreatic abscess; pancreatic cancer.