Pancreatic metastasis from a lung cancer. Preoperative diagnosis and management

Int J Pancreatol. 1998 Aug;24(1):55-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02787532.

Abstract

A case of a surgically resectable solitary metastasis to the pancreas from a lung cancer, confirmed by immunohistochemical staining (PE-10), is reported. ERCP revealed meniscoid interruption of the main pancreatic duct, which is uncommon in patients with primary pancreatic cancers of the pancreas in our hospital. This patient lived for 29 mo after the surgical resection of the pancreatic lesion. Therefore when metastasis limited to the pancreas is evident on clinical imaging, surgical management may be more optimal than other treatment approaches.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma / immunology
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / immunology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Neoplasm