Paraplegia as an initial manifestation of pancreatic cancer

JGH Open. 2019 May 14;3(4):353-354. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12194. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Authors

Makoto Sono^{1

2}, Akihisa Fukuda¹, Hiroshi Seno¹, Shujiro Yazumi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto Japan.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Kitano Hospital Osaka Japan.

Abstract

Paraplegia can be an initial manifestation of pancreatic cancer, although extremely rare.

Keywords: metastatic spinal cord compression; oncologic emergency; pancreatic cancer; paraplegia.