Unusual presentation of a pancreatic tumor

Abstract

The small instetine tumors are rare lesions that correspond to 2% of tumors of the gastrointestinal tract; presentation symptoms are nonspecific and may be similar to those caused by common diseases such as irritable intestine syndrome, intra-abdominal adhesions, etc. Among symptoms and the most common signs are abdominal pain intermittent colic, chronic diarrhea, iron deficiency anemia, intestinal obstruction, anorexia and weight loss, carcinoid syndrome, gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown location and abdominal mass. A man of 56 years with a small intestine tumor whose presentation symptom was an intercostal neuralgia is presented. The discovery of this tumor eventually open the way for diagnosing the only responsable of aberrant square: pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Keywords

• neoplasias pancreáticas
• carcinoma ductal pancreático