Vol. 5 (02) pp. 2169-2172 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3391

PANCREATIC CANCER IN THE YOUNG PRESENTING AS FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

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  • Oncology Associate consultant professor at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University –Dammam.
  • Medical Intern at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University-Dammam.
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Abstract

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, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 5 (02), 2169-2172, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3391

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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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