Pancreatitis, panniculitis, and polyarthritis syndrome complicated with terminal pancreatic adenocarcinoma managed with intra‐articular knee aspiration, intra‐articular lidocaine and corticosteroid injection, and decompression of panniculitis: A case report

Abstract

Abstract Pancreatitis, panniculitis, and polyarthritis (PPP) syndrome is a rare triad of hyperlipasemia, erythematous cutaneous nodules, and oligo‐ or mono‐arthritis and a rare complication of pancreatic diseases. The treatment for PPP syndrome complicated by untreatable pancreatic diseases can be challenging because the causal treatment may not be available. Herein, I report a case of a 72‐year‐old man presenting with PPP syndrome, complicated by untreatable terminal pancreatic adenocarcinoma, who was successfully managed with intra‐articular knee aspiration, intra‐articular injection of lidocaine and corticosteroid, and decompression of panniculitis.

Keywords

• family medicine
• gastrointestinal medicine
• palliative medicine
• pancreatitis panniculitis and polyarthritis syndrome
• PPP syndrome