Rapidly Growing Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Presenting as an Irreducible Umbilical Hernia

Hernia sacs are a common anatomic pathology specimen, which rarely contain malignancy. We present a case of rapidly growing pancreatic adenocarcinoma, which initially presented as metastasis to an umbilical hernia sac. The patient was a 55-year-old male with a two-year history of umbilical hernia. T...

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Main Authors: Deepti M. Reddi, Kathryn P. Scherpelz, Angelica Lerma, Jabi Shriki, Jeffrey Virgin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1784548