Vaginal metastasis of pancreatic cancer

Khadija Benhayoune; Hinde El Fatemi; Meryem El Ghaouti; Abdelaziz Bannani; Abdelilah Melhouf; Taoufik Harmouch

doi:10.11604/pamj.2015.20.124.5927

Vaginal metastasis of pancreatic cancer

Pan Afr Med J. 2015 Feb 12:20:124. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.124.5927. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Khadija Benhayoune¹, Hinde El Fatemi¹, Meryem El Ghaouti¹, Abdelaziz Bannani², Abdelilah Melhouf³, Taoufik Harmouch¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Pathology, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco.
² Departement of Gyneacology I, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco.
³ Departement of Gyneacology II, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco y.

Abstract

Vaginal metastasis from pancreatic cancer is an extreme case and often indicates a poor prognosis. We present a case of pancreatic carcinoma with metastasis to the vagina that was discovered by vaginal bleeding. To our knowledge, this is the third case in the world of a primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma discovered of symptoms from a vaginal metastasis.

Keywords: Vagin; metastases; pancreatic cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / chemistry
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / complications
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / pathology
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / secondary*
Aged
Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
Biopsy
Female
Hemorrhage / etiology
Humans
Keratin-19 / analysis
Keratin-20 / analysis
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vagina
Vaginal Neoplasms / chemistry
Vaginal Neoplasms / complications
Vaginal Neoplasms / pathology
Vaginal Neoplasms / secondary*

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor
Keratin-19
Keratin-20