| Literature DB >> 22096694 |
Roohollah Sobhani1, Samira Alsaeidi, Alireza Mahmoudabadi.
Abstract
The presence of primary or metastatic cancer within a hernia sac is uncommon, which occurs in fewer than 0.5% of all surgically excised sacs (1). This article demonstrates a case of a metastatic pancreatic cancer, one of which presented as an inguinal hernia with fever of unknown origin (FUO). A 44-year-old male presented with a history of FUO and a painful inguinal hernia. Inguinal canal exploration revealed a mass like lesion in the sac without any correlation to abdominopelvic viscera. Postoperative evaluations confirmed moderately differentiated metastatic adenocarcinoma from pancreatic origin.Entities:
Keywords: FUO; Hernia sac; Inguinal hernia; Metastasis; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Year: 2011 PMID: 22096694 PMCID: PMC3199623 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2011.02.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Surg Case Rep ISSN: 2210-2612