AJNR Case Collection

Section Editors:
Anvita Pauranik, MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michael Travis Caton, MD, Mount Sinai South Nassau, New York
Simona Gaudino, MD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Matthew S. Parsons, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Missouri
Anat Yahav-Dovrat, MD, University of Toronto, Canada

 

January 27, 2025
Z. Saadeh MD; M. A. Whorton MD; A. Nazem M.D; R. R. Reicherd M.D; I. T. Mark M.D.
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic (ZS, MAW, ITM); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic (AN, RRR), Rochester, MN

A 58-year-old man with past medical history significant for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma presents to the emergency department with bright red blood per rectum and a distended abdomen due to peritoneal carcinomatosis. No source of bleeding is identified. Subsequent staging brain MRI does not identify intracranial metastases but does reveal an incidental finding.

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