Article Text
Abstract
An 85-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for evaluation of gradually worsening upper back pain of 3 weeks’ duration. Her pain radiated down her right arm and was associated with right arm weakness. She reported visiting pain medicine specialists who administered steroid and lidocaine injections, which failed to improve her symptoms. Initial CT of her chest revealed a large lytic lesion within her posterior right fourth rib extending into her T4 vertebral body. The primary malignancy, a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas, was later found on a CT of the abdomen. The patient was also found to have multiple pulmonary, hepatic and lymphatic metastases from the pancreatic primary tumour.
- radiology
- interventional radiology
- oncology
- pancreatic cancer
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Contributors NP and KS conceived of the presented idea. NP developed the case presentation and literature review. KS and JB reviewed the case and imaging. KS and JB encouraged NP to investigate mucinous cystadenomas and supervised the findings of this work. All authors discussed the case report and contributed to the final manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Next of kin consent obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.