Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Pancreatic cancer

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Pancreatic cancer includes:

• Smoking
• Advanced age
• Male sex - The male-to-female ratio of pancreatic cancer is 1.3:1.
• Chronic pancreatitis - Inflammation of the pancreas, usually from excessive alcohol intake or gallstones
• Diabetes mellitus
• Family history of pancreatic cancer

Other underlying conditions related to Pancreatic cancer:

• Abdominal mass
• Abdominal pain
• Alkaline phosphatase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Alpha fetoprotein levels raised (serum)
• Ascites
• Back pain
• Cachexia
• Cardiac valve disease
• CEA raised
• Cholestatic jaundice
• Hepatic vein thrombosis
• Hepatocellular jaundice
• Hepatomegaly
• Human chorionic gonadotrophin levels raised (serum)
• Hyperglycaemia
• Liver metastases
• Lymphangitis carcinomatosa
• Pancreatitis
• Panniculitis
• Portal hypertension
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• SIADH
• Sister Mary Joseph's nodule
• Thrombophlebitis migrans

Source: Diseases Database

Pancreatic cancer as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Pancreatic cancer as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Pancreatic cancer as a complication includes:

• Juvenile tropical pancreatitis syndrome
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
• Smoking
• Stomach cancer
• Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Pancreatic cancer Causes: Book Excerpts

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• Pancreatitis - etiology - Pancreatitis

Pancreatic cancer as a symptom:

Conditions listing Pancreatic cancer as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

• Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor
• Glucagonoma syndrome
• Li-Fraumeni syndrome
• Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
• Somatostatinoma

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Pancreatic cancer, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Pancreatic cancer. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Pancreatic cancer. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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