Adenocarcinoma of an Unknown Primary Site: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management

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چکیده

Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a rare metastatic disease in which tumor site cannot be identified. CUP diagnosis exclusion requiring prior workup to identify site. We present case 64-year-old male with vague abdominal pain, history gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), gastritis, esophagitis, hepatitis C, alcoholic pancreatitis, liver hemangioma, and Warthin tumor, family cancer that was found have CUP. The made after an extensive done including serum markers, computed tomography (CT) ultrasound (US) imaging, flow cytometry, array immunohistochemistry stains positive for only cytokeratin 7.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Cureus

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['2168-8184']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41074