The main clinical features of pancreatic cancer

Saturday, March 29, 2008 · Posted in

The disease can often late diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Common clinical features are weight loss, abdominal pain and jaundice. Weight loss is a non-specific symptoms, Usually progressive, in recognition of pancreatic cancer a few months ago started to happen. 65% to 80% of patients with abdominal pain, often in the night even more serious. Sitting supine position and the pain will increase. The pain is often vague and difficult implicit, which often delay diagnosis. Jaundice is the third most common symptoms, many patients appeared later. Jaundice is usually aggravated sexual, but there are also a natural fluctuations in the state. The total bile duct nearby small pancreatic cancer patients, jaundice may be the only clinical manifestations. Therefore, this hard to explain jaundice should be carefully assessed. Often in this type of tumor resection easier. Jaundice accompanied upper arm, leg and abdomen of the annoying itch, especially at night heavier. Itching skin and the bile salt retention. Because the bile salt levels in the skin and itching than the relationship between serum bilirubin levels more closely. Another said that the promotion of the bile salt-cells around the release, and these protease can cause itching, but not all patients have complained itching. Pruritus may occasionally see a clinical jaundice before. Despite being wrong painless jaundice declared the unique symptoms of pancreatic cancer patients, but in fact have such performance is a patient only exception.
Pancreatic cancer non-specific signs and symptoms include anorexia, ascending cholangitis, as well as changes in bowel habits (constipation, diarrhea, malabsorption,gas, or intestinal flatulence). Diabetes can be accompanied by attack. As stomach, duodenum pyloric or directly infringed upon, or because of gastric function disorder, with delayed gastric emptying symptoms. Lung cancer usually associated with the metastatic thrombotic phlebitis (Trousseau signs) may be the early signs of pancreatic cancer. Middle-aged, there may be depression, hysteria and disease concerns, generally considered to be caused by pancreatic cancer. Occasionally in pancreatic cancer patients with depressive symptoms can also be found mainly of psychiatric symptoms. Such patients with psychiatric symptoms more than half of its share of psychiatric symptoms than the physical signs and symptoms appeared as early as six months. It is precisely because there are many non-specific and ambiguous signs and symptoms, early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is difficult, the doctor must maintain a high degree of vigilance.

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