Pancreatic gout masquerading as pancreatic cancer in a heart transplant candidate

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Oct;28(10):1112-3. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.05.039.

Abstract

In this report, a case is presented of a patient with advanced heart failure who had asymptomatic pancreatic gout, which masqueraded as metastatic pancreatic cancer. This unusual presentation of gout was important to recognize, as the presence of a pancreatic cancer would have precluded cardiac transplantation in an otherwise suitable candidate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Gout / diagnosis*
  • Gout / metabolism
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatic Diseases / metabolism
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Uric Acid / metabolism

Substances

  • Uric Acid