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A patient with pancreatic arteriovenous malformation who presented diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties is presented. The initial tests appeared to suggest inflammatory bowel disease, but the diagnosis was clinched by the finding of blood issuing from the ampulla of Vater. Repeated angiographic embolization did not obliterate the vascular malformation, and the symptoms eventually resolved after Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Malformações Arteriovenosas/diagnóstico , Pâncreas/irrigação sanguínea , Adulto , Malformações Arteriovenosas/complicações , Malformações Arteriovenosas/cirurgia , Humanos , Masculino , Melena/etiologia , PancreaticoduodenectomiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The role of the tumor marker CA 19-9 in differentiating benign from malignant masses in chronic pancreatitis has not been extensively studied. AIM: This study aims at assessing the accuracy of CA 19-9 in differentiating inflammatory head masses in chronic pancreatitis from superimposed carcinomas on chronic pancreatitis. METHODS: The data of 84 consecutive patients who had mass lesions in chronic pancreatitis were analyzed to determine the sensitivity, specificity and predictive values at cut-off values of 37, 100, 200 and 300 U/mL. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to assess the sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS: There were 50 benign masses and 34 malignancies. The overall sensitivity and specificity of CA 19-9 for cancer was 68% and 70%, respectively. There was a higher positivity of CA 19-9 in cancers than in benign masses (23/34; 68% versus 15/50; 30%, P<0.01) with cut-off values of 37 U/mL. Higher positivity rates were obtained in cancers using other cut-off values such as 100, 200 and 300 U/mL. Values over 300 U/mL were 100% specific for malignancy, but occurred in only 5 (of whom had distant metastases) of 34 patients. CONCLUSION: CA 19-9 level in excess of 300 U/mL in mass lesions in chronic pancreatitis was always indicative of malignancy.
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Antígeno CA-19-9/sangue , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/diagnóstico , Pancreatite Crônica/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/sangue , Pancreatite Crônica/sangue , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Curva ROC , Valores de Referência , Estudos Retrospectivos , Sensibilidade e EspecificidadeRESUMO
Small bowel secondaries from renal cell carcinoma are rare. Patients usually present with features of intestinal obstruction or GI bleeding. Management should be aggressive since metastasectomy can improve the quality of life and survival.
