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It produces hormones and pancreatic juice – substances we cannot live without. Unfortunately, he doesn’t alert us when he’s in trouble. Find out what changes in the skin may be a sign of pancreatic disease.
- The pancreas is an organ that can get sick for months without showing clear and unequivocal symptoms
- Symptoms that should alert us that something is wrong are, among others skin changes – characteristic spots and eruptions
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Purpura is a symptom of pancreatitis
This, along with fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and an increase in the level of the pancreatic enzyme amylase, is one of the symptoms indicative of acute pancreatitis (acute pancreatitis). The disease most often occurs as a result of alcohol abuse or as a result of gallstone disease. The prognosis for acute pancreatitis depends on many factors, including age, clinical features, comorbidities, and the results of imaging tests.
Skin lesions in the form of a macular rash appear mainly on the lateral surfaces of the trunk and around the navel, and are the result of the accumulation of haemorrhagic fluid from the peritoneum in the subcutaneous tissue. In the course of the disease, cyanosis (Walzel’s symptom) may also appear in the area of the abdominal wall and trunk.
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Necrosis and cellulitis may indicate pancreatic cancer
Subcutaneous tissue necrosis in the course of pancreatitis most often affects patients between 30 and 40 years of age. Clinically, the eruptions are tumors or lumps about 1-5 cm in diameter. They appear mainly on the arms, torso, buttocks, thighs and lower legs. In severe cases, painful tumors rupture spontaneously and leave hollow, discolored scars.
Patients with numerous inflammatory and necrotic eruptions often have a fever, and also complain of abdominal pain and vomiting. Histopathological examination determines the diagnosis of inflammation and necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue. Subcutaneous tissue necrosis may coexist with pancreatic cancer.
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Migratory erythema and the pancreas
Many benign and malignant pancreatic tumors have the ability to produce and release various hormones that can provoke skin changes. An example is the so-called migratory erythema, which occurs with a glucagonoma tumor (a malignant tumor of the pancreas that produces glucagon).
Initially, the lesions have the character of erythema of various diameters, and a blister appears in the central part. After breaking the cover, a necrotic focus is formed, covered with a dark necrotic scab, which heals leaving a discoloration. Active changes are accompanied by pain and itching.
The skin lesions will appear mainly on the limbs, then around the mouth, in the detrusive areas, especially in the perineum and lower abdomen. Eruptions can mimic eczema, contact dermatitis, candidiasis, psoriasis, and purulent staphylococcal dermatitis. Apart from erythema migrans necrotic, patients often have symptoms of oral mucosa and tongue inflammation.
Itchy skin and a diseased pancreas
It is a symptom resulting from the appearance of protein complexes with bilirubin just under the skin – a kind of introduction to jaundice. In most patients, however, it does not show a change in skin color due to too low a concentration of bile pigment. Pruritus may be of various severity, chronic, lasting more than six weeks, may be the first sign of an ongoing neoplastic process.
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Jaundice – a symptom of pancreatic cancer
Jaundice is the yellow discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes and whites of the eyes, caused by excessive levels of bilirubin in the blood serum. Sometimes it can be associated with discoloration of the stools and darkening of the urine, as well as itching of the skin. Jaundice is a symptom that occurs in almost 90% of people. pancreatic cancer patients.
It can be caused by compression of the bile ducts by a tumor (primarily the head of the pancreas or Vater’s nipple) or by enlarged lymph nodes and obstruction of the flow of bile from the liver to the intestine, as well as liver damage due to tumor metastases. Both causes can coexist.
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