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Case Reports
. 2022 May 5;14(5):e24756.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.24756. eCollection 2022 May.

Delayed Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tail Cancer Presenting With Chronic Scrotal Pain

Morika Suzuki  1 , Takashi Watari  2   3
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Case Reports

Delayed Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tail Cancer Presenting With Chronic Scrotal Pain

Morika Suzuki et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

In most cases, diagnosing pancreatic cancer (PC) in a timely manner is challenging owing to the lack of a specific set of symptoms, especially for cancer originating in the pancreatic tail. A patient presented to our hospital with the primary complaint of bilateral scrotal pain caused by metastatic pancreatic tail cancer. Although he had a family history of PC, there were no other risk factors. Here, we discuss the challenges associated with early diagnosis of malignant PC, particularly when it presents in the tail of the organ, and spermatic cord metastasis caused by pancreatic tail cancer.

Keywords: delayed diagnosis; diagnostic error; malignant pancreatic cancer; scrotal pain; seminal metastasis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen.
(a) A 3-cm mass in the pancreatic tail (long arrow) with lymph node enlargement (short arrows). (b-c) Several nodules (arrows) believed to be peritoneal metastases of pancreatic cancer.
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