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The Challenging Diagnosis of Pancreatic Masses: Not All Tumors Are Cancers
Joint Authors
Veltri, Andrea
Morotti, Alessandro
Gned, Dario
Di Martino, Leonardo
Cristaldi, Gaetano
Alì, Anna
Nicoli, Paolo
Guerrasio, Angelo
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In the elderly patients, where biopsy-induced complications could outweigh the benefit, the identification of pancreatic masses is generally referred to as a synonymous of pancreatic cancer and patients are dismissed with no further options than palliative and supportive care.
Notwithstanding, not all pancreatic tumors are cancers and therefore alternative diagnoses need to be investigated, especially when patients are unfit for invasive diagnostic procedures.
Here, we report a case of an aged patient that was admitted to an internal medicine division for a previously diagnosed pancreatic cancer.
The reassessment of the diagnosis has allowed identifying the pancreatic mass as a manifestation of focal pancreatitis in the context of an IgG4-related disease.
Accordingly, patient was treated with steroids with rapid clinical improvement.
This clinical case suggests that autoimmune diseases should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses of the elderly.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Morotti, Alessandro& Gned, Dario& Di Martino, Leonardo& Cristaldi, Gaetano& Alì, Anna& Nicoli, Paolo…[et al.]. 2015. The Challenging Diagnosis of Pancreatic Masses: Not All Tumors Are Cancers. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058919
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Morotti, Alessandro…[et al.]. The Challenging Diagnosis of Pancreatic Masses: Not All Tumors Are Cancers. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058919
American Medical Association (AMA)
Morotti, Alessandro& Gned, Dario& Di Martino, Leonardo& Cristaldi, Gaetano& Alì, Anna& Nicoli, Paolo…[et al.]. The Challenging Diagnosis of Pancreatic Masses: Not All Tumors Are Cancers. Case Reports in Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058919
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1058919