J R Coll Physicians Edinb
September 2024
A 57-year-old male with a background of chronic pancreatitis presented with acutely worsening abdominal pain and vomiting. He previously had a pancreatic duct stent which had been removed 1 year prior to presentation. Initially suspected to be acute-on-chronic pancreatitis, a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed an atrophic pancreas and a new mass in the pancreatic head, raising the suspicion of pancreatic malignancy.
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