28Feb 2017

PANCREATIC CANCER IN THE YOUNG PRESENTING AS FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

  • Oncology Associate consultant professor at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University –Dammam.
  • Medical Intern at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University-Dammam.
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Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease, presenting in the old age. We describe a rare case of a young male patient presenting with fever of unknown origin and found to have pancreatic cancer. Upon review of literature, only one case was reported.


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[Ali Al-Amri and Sarah M. Al-hajri. (2017); PANCREATIC CANCER IN THE YOUNG PRESENTING AS FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 2169-2172] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Sarah Mohammed Al-Hajri
Medical intern , MD, MBBS at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Dammam (previously known as university of dammam)

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3391      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3391