Acute pancreatitis associated with tumour metastases in the pancreas

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is an unusual feature of non-pancreatic neoplasia. The presentation and clinical course of 7 patients with carcinoma metastatic to the pancreas is reported. In 5 the initial presentation was acute pancreatitis, and in the remaining 2 the diagnosis was made at autopsy. The primary sites of cancer were in the stomach (5 patients), bronchus (1 patient) and tonsil (1 patient).