Difficult diagnosis of a primary pancreatic cancer in a young patient with high human chorio-gonadotropin and multiple liver metastases

Aims and background: Authors present a diagnostic controversy in a young male patient (pt) who had cancer of unknown origin with multiple liver metastases, that finally turned to be pancreatic cancer, and also demonstrate a possible connection of an elevated chorio-gonadotropin (hCG) level and pancreatic neoplasm that can emphasise the importance of special combination of tumour markers for an earlier differencial diagnosis, that might lead to favorable survival. Case report: A 41 years old male pts presented in a municipal hospital with repeated thromboembolic events (3/4 weeks) despite of adequate antithrombot…