Lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to pancreatic cancer: an unusual presentation

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https://doi.org/10.47892/rgp.2023.432.1430

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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Abdominal Pain, Colonoscopy

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is a malignant neoplasm with a poor prognosis. When it manifests clinically with cold jaundice, general repercussion or dyspepsia, it usually corresponds to a locally advanced tumor. Enterorrhagia as a form of presentation of pancreatic cancer is extremely infrequent; it corresponds to a severe form with an ominous prognosis. We present the case of a 61-year-old man who attended emergency service for enterorrhagia associated with organic abdominal pain and general repercussions, to whom a diagnosis of pancreatic tail cancer was diagnosed. Colonoscopy revealed mucosal infiltration with intense edema, erythema, necrosis, and spontaneous bleeding at the level of the splenic flexure of the colon. Histology confirmed colonic infiltration by pancreatic neoplasm. Computed tomography allowed staging in stage IV. Palliative surgical treatment was performed, with a survival of 3 months.

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Larrosa, Camila, Clínica de Gastroenterología Montevideo, Uruguay

POSTGRADO CLINICA DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA "PROF. DRA. CAROLINA OLANO"

 

 

Moratorio, Ignacio, Clínica de Gastroenterología Montevideo, Uruguay

GASTROENTEROLOGO

ASISTENTE CLINICA DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA "PROF. DRA. CAROLINA OLANO"

 

Canavesi, Adrián, Clínica de Gastroenterología Montevideo, Uruguay

GASTROENTEROLOGO

PROF. ADJ. CLINICA DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA "PROF. DRA. CAROLINA OLANO"

 

 

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06/30/2023

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Larrosa C, Moratorio I, Canavesi A. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to pancreatic cancer: an unusual presentation. Rev Gastroenterol Peru [nternet]. 2023 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 May 14];43(2):e1430. vailable from: https://revistagastroperu.com/index.php/rgp/article/view/1430

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