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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2016; 07(01): 017-019
DOI: 10.4103/0976-5042.180094
Case Report
Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India

Primary squamous cell carcinoma of pancreas mimicking walled-off pancreatic necrosis

Deepak Gunjan
Departments of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Surinder Singh Rana
Departments of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Puneet Chhabra
Departments of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Rahul Vithalrao Parghane
1   Department of Gastroenterology, Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Rajesh Kumar
2   Department of Gastroenterology, Cytology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Lovneet Dhalaria
Departments of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Bhawant R. Mittal
1   Department of Gastroenterology, Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Deepak K. Bhasin
Departments of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Publication Date:
26 September 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Pancreatic carcinoma is a dreaded diagnosis due to its poor prognosis. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the pancreas is a rare histological variety of pancreatic carcinoma. Its diagnosis is based on ruling out other site of tumor origin. Pancreatic carcinoma can mimic as mass or cystic lesion. We report a case of primary SCC of the pancreas in a 46-year-old male that closely mimicked acute pancreatitis with walled-off pancreatic necrosis.

Key words

Acute pancreatitis - squamous cell carcinoma of pancreas - walled-off pancreatic necrosis
 

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