Unusual presentation of a pancreatic tumor

Authors

  • Dianelí Lorely Reyes Hernández Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Villa Clara
  • Oscar Rogelio Estupiñán Martínez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Villa Clara
  • Pedro Omar Casuso Hernández Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Villa Clara

Keywords:

pancreatic neoplasms, carcinoma pancreatic ductal

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.

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Author Biographies

Dianelí Lorely Reyes Hernández, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Villa Clara

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina Interna.
Profesora Instructora de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Oscar Rogelio Estupiñán Martínez, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Villa Clara

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina Interna.
Profesor Instructor de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Pedro Omar Casuso Hernández, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Villa Clara

Especialista de II Grado en Medicina Interna.
Profesor Auxiliar de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Reyes Hernández DL, Estupiñán Martínez OR, Casuso Hernández PO. Unusual presentation of a pancreatic tumor. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];8(1):52-6. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/52

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2014): January-March

Section

Case Reports

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