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Rossi C, Gallotti A, Messina A, Cobianchi L, Inzani F, Lucioni M, Vanoli A. Invasive lobular carcinoma metastasis to pancreas mimicking pancreatic signet ring cell carcinoma: A case report and systematic review of the literature. Pathol Res Pract 2024; 253:155049. [PMID: 38176311 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.155049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Metastasis to the gastrointestinal tract is a rare instance in the natural history of breast cancer, usually in association with lobular histology and widespread dissemination of disease. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with a history of invasive lobular carcinoma presenting with a pancreatic metastasis mimicking a primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma; we also present a systematic review of the relevant literature. The presentation of pancreatic metastasis in the setting of breast cancer is unspecific, and histology is of paramount importance for a correct diagnosis; surgical metastasectomy could be of some benefit in the correct clinical setting.
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- Chiara Rossi
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Unit of Anatomic Pathology, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Unit of Radiology, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Unit of Anatomic Pathology, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Unit of General Surgery, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Unit of Anatomic Pathology, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Unit of Anatomic Pathology, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Unit of Anatomic Pathology, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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Nagao A, Noie T, Horiuch H, Yamada H, Momiyama M, Nakajima K, Satou S, Satodate H, Nara S, Harihara Y. Long-term survival after pancreatic metastasis resection from breast cancer: a systematic literature review. Surg Case Rep 2021; 7:39. [PMID: 33534098 PMCID: PMC7859131 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-021-01124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Patients with advanced-stage breast cancer often demonstrate pancreatic metastases. However, pancreatic metastases resection from breast cancer has been rarely performed, with only 20 cases having been reported to date. Case presentation A 49-year-old woman presented to our hospital in September 2003 with complaints of uncontrollable oozing from her left breast tumor. Computed tomography revealed a left breast tumor approximately 9.3 cm in diameter as well as heterogeneously enhanced solid mass lesions with necrotic foci in the pancreatic tail and body, up to 6.2 cm, which were radiologically diagnosed as pancreatic metastases from breast cancer. An emergent left simple mastectomy was performed to control bleeding. After epirubicin and cyclophosphamide hydrate treatment failed to improve her condition, the pancreatic metastases responded to weekly paclitaxel treatment, but eventually regrew. The patient underwent distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy, left adrenalectomy, partial stomach resection, and paraaortic lymph nodes excision in December 2004 after no other metastasis was confirmed. Furthermore, she received radiation therapy for left parasternal lymph node metastasis 6 months later. The patient recovered well. Consequently, she has no evidence of disease > 15 years after pancreatectomy. Conclusions This is the first reported case of pancreatectomy for pancreatic metastases from breast cancer, which was simultaneously diagnosed. Patients with no metastasis other than resectable pancreatic metastases and breast cancer and who possess some sensitivity for chemotherapy may benefit from pancreatectomy.
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- Atsuki Nagao
- Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan.
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- Department of Pathology, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
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Ingle P, Khandare P, Rajput M, Tiwari M, Patil M, Mehta A. Solitary Pancreatic Head Metastasis from Ductal Carcinoma of Breast: A Case Report. Indian J Surg Oncol 2021; 12:193-196. [PMID: 33994746 DOI: 10.1007/s13193-021-01284-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Liver, bones, and brain are common sites for breast cancer metastasis. We report here a rare scenario of metastasis to pancreatic head from breast cancer after a disease free interval of 7 years. A 60-year old breast cancer survivor noticed upper abdominal pain for 2 weeks, and her investigations revealed a pancreatic head mass lesion. Computed tomography imaging revealed a solitary pancreatic mass lesion with portal cavernoma formation and a guided biopsy yielded adenocarcinoma on histopathological examination. Immunohistochemistry processing demonstrated estrogen receptor, cytokeratin 7, and GATA 3 positivity which confirmed it to be a metastasis. Therapy was initiated with palbociclib and exemestane. Later, everolimus was started in view of failure of hormonal therapy. The patient is still alive 21 months after diagnosing the recurrence.
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- Parag Ingle
- Department of Surgical Oncology, HCG NCHRI Cancer Centre, Khasra No. 50, 51, Mouja Wanjri, Bande Nawaz Nagar, Near Automotive Square, Kalamna Ring Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440026 India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, HCG NCHRI Cancer Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440026 India
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- Department of Pathology, Strands Life Sciences, HCG NCHRI Cancer Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440026 India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, HCG NCHRI Cancer Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440026 India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, HCG NCHRI Cancer Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440026 India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, HCG NCHRI Cancer Centre, Khasra No. 50, 51, Mouja Wanjri, Bande Nawaz Nagar, Near Automotive Square, Kalamna Ring Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440026 India
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Apodaca-Rueda M, Chaim FHM, Garcia MDS, de Saito HPDA, Gestic MA, Utrini MP, Callejas-Neto F, Chaim EA, Cazzo E. Solitary pancreatic metastasis from breast cancer: case report and review of literature. SAO PAULO MED J 2019; 137:201-205. [PMID: 29116313 PMCID: PMC9721236 DOI: 10.1590/1516-3180.2017.0144260617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Pancreatic metastases from primary malignant tumors at other sites are rare, constituting about 2% of the neoplasms that affect the pancreas. Pancreatic metastasis from breast cancer is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose, because its clinical and radiological presentation is similar to that of a primary pancreatic tumor. CASE REPORT A 64-year-old female developed a lesion in the pancreatic tail 24 months after neoadjuvant therapy, surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy for right-side breast cancer (ductal carcinoma). She underwent distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy and left adrenalectomy, and presented an uneventful outcome. The immunohistochemical analysis on the surgical specimen suggested that the lesion originated from the breast. CONCLUSION In cases of pancreatic lesions detected in patients with a previous history of breast neoplasm, the possibility of pancreatic metastasis should be carefully considered.
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- Márcio Apodaca-Rueda
- Medical Student, Faculdade de Medicina da Pontificia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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- MD. Resident Physician, Department of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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- MD. Resident Physician, Department of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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- MD. Assistant Lecturer, Oncology Unit - Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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- MD, MSc. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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- MD, MSc. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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- MD, MSc. Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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- MD, MSc, PhD. Full Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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- MD, PhD. Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil
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Kliiger J, Gorbaty M. Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case report. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2017; 7:234-237. [PMID: 29046750 PMCID: PMC5637649 DOI: 10.1080/20009666.2017.1369379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A 60-year-old female with an unknown family history initially presented with signs and symptoms concerning for gastrointestinal cancer. Regular breast cancer screening and subsequent work-up around this time demonstrated the presence of T2N1 stage II triple positive ductal adenocarcinoma of the left breast. Follow-up imaging for her gastrointestinal symptoms demonstrated a 3.5 cm solitary mass in the pancreas and diffuse thickening of the stomach wall. Biopsies of the gastrointestinal lesions were identified as metastatic foci of the breast cancer primary. Breast cancer metastases to the stomach and to the pancreas are both very rare events. Of the breast cancer primaries that do metastasize to the gastrointestinal system, it is unusual for the primary to be ductal adenocarcinoma. The rapid succession of diagnosing the primary source of breast cancer simultaneously with its metastases is also unusual. Timely identification and appropriate management of these rare metastases was made possible due to routine breast cancer screening.
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- Medical Oncology, Northwest Hospital, Randallstown, MD, USA
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Jyoti B, Bharat C, Ravi T, Subhash RK, Asawari P, Sudeep G. Billiary obstruction in a metastatic tumor of the pancreas from breast cancer. South Asian J Cancer 2017; 6:10. [PMID: 28413787 PMCID: PMC5379884 DOI: 10.4103/2278-330x.202567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Bajpai Jyoti
- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Molino C, Mocerino C, Braucci A, Riccardi F, Trunfio M, Carrillo G, Vitale MG, Cartenì G, De Sena G. Pancreatic solitary and synchronous metastasis from breast cancer: a case report and systematic review of controversies in diagnosis and treatment. World J Surg Oncol 2014; 12:2. [PMID: 24387226 PMCID: PMC3895687 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-12-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Metastases from breast cancer cause the frequent involvement of lung, bone, liver, and brain, while the occurrence of metastases to the gastrointestinal tract is rare, and more frequently discovered after a primary diagnosis of breast cancer. Solitary pancreatic metastases from breast cancer, without widespread disease, are actually unusual, and only 19 cases have been previously described; truly exceptional is a solitary pancreatic metastasis becoming evident together with the primary breast cancer. Case presentation A 68-year-old woman reported general fatigue, lethargy, and jaundice. Abdominal ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an ampulloma of Vater’s papilla; moreover, a neoplastic nodule in the left breast was diagnosed. She underwent surgery for both breast cancer and ampulloma of Vater’s papilla. Pathological examination of pancreatic specimen, however, did not confirm primary carcinoma of the duodenal papilla, but showed a metastatic involvement of pancreas from lobular breast cancer. Immunohistochemistry has been essential to confirm the origin of the malignancy: hormone receptors and mammaglobin were expressed in both the primary breast tumor and the pancreatic metastasis. Conclusions This is one of the few reported cases in literature of an isolated and synchronous pancreatic metastasis from breast cancer, where the definitive diagnosis was obtained only after surgery. We discuss the controversies in this diagnosis and the choice of correct treatment. The surgical resection of solitary metastases can be performed in the absence of disseminated disease.
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Bednar F, Scheiman JM, McKenna BJ, Simeone DM. Breast cancer metastases to the pancreas. J Gastrointest Surg 2013; 17:1826-31. [PMID: 23918083 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2291-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The pancreas can serve as the destination for metastatic spread of malignancies from multiple organ sites. Breast cancer metastases to the pancreas are part of this spectrum and surgeons evaluate such patients as part of their practice. Uniform clinical guidelines for these cases do not exist and care is primarily driven by the personal experience of the treating surgeon. DISCUSSION We present two patients with breast cancer metastases to their pancreas and review their workup and clinical management in light of our experience and the existing published literature. We propose that metastatic disease to the pancreas has to remain in the differential diagnosis for any patient with a new pancreatic mass and prior cancer history. Surgical resection is a viable treatment option for patients with isolated metastatic disease to the pancreas if the underlying biology of the metastatic tumor is favorable.
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- Filip Bednar
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Razzetta F, Tassara E, Saro F, Sironi M, D'Ambrosio G. Rare abdominal metastases from occult lobular breast cancer: report of two cases. Updates Surg 2011; 63:129-33. [PMID: 21286894 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-011-0047-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Intra-abdominal metastases from breast carcinomas are rarely reported in the literature. Least are those originating from occult breast primary. We report, one case of pancreatic metastasis and one case of metastatic infiltration of the colonic wall, both by occult lobular breast carcinoma. The first patient underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy for obstructive jaundice, with unexpected histological finding of infiltration of distal bile duct, pancreatic gland, portal vein and retroperitoneal soft tissue by lobular carcinoma of the breast. The second patient complained of diffuse abdominal pain associated with constipation and rectal bleeding and underwent endoscopic biopsy of three intestinal strictures, revealing metastatic lobular carcinoma with signet-ring cell morphology. In both cases, a subsequent complete diagnostic work-up demonstrated asymptomatic multiple breast nodules, diagnosed as lobular carcinoma by fine needle aspiration cytology.
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- Francesco Razzetta
- Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale di Sestri Levante, Via Terzi 43/a, 16039 Sestri Levante (Genoa), Italy
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Bonapasta SA, Gregori M, Lanza R, Sangiorgi E, Menghi A, Scarpini M, Modesti M. Metastasis to the Pancreas from Breast Cancer: Difficulties in Diagnosis and Controversies in Treatment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 5:170-173. [PMID: 21048832 DOI: 10.1159/000314249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Metastasis to the pancreas originating from malignant tumours is a rare event and, in the literature, we have found only 11 reported cases of solitary pancreatic metastases originating from breast cancer. CASE REPORT: We report a case of a 51-year-old woman with primary breast cancer who developed obstructive jaundice and epigastric pain after 2 years without any symptoms. The pancreatic mass revealed by computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was not recognised as a metastasis from breast cancer and the patient underwent cephalic pancreaticoduodenectomy. CONCLUSIONS: We discuss all aspects of the case management, stressing the importance of a careful evaluation of the clinical history and the primary cancer features and the usefulness of a multi-disciplinary approach. These aspects are of main importance for a correct diagnostic process and an appropriate therapeutic choice when a pancreatic lesion develops in a patient with prior neoplasm.
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Analysis of prognostic factors in metastatic tumors of the pancreas: a single-center experience and review of the literature. Pancreas 2010; 39:135-43. [PMID: 19820422 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0b013e3181bae9b3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Pancreatic metastases are rare. The role of surgery is poorly defined, and data on long-term survival are lacking. METHODS Data from patients with pancreatic metastases observed in our division from 2003 to 2008 were retrospectively analyzed. In addition, the recent English medical literature was reviewed regarding series of patients with pancreatic secondary tumors. RESULTS Data from 234 patients including 9 consecutive patients observed in our division were retrieved. Metastasis from renal cell carcinoma accounted for 67.9% of all cases. Factors predictive of worse survival, as determined by multivariate analysis, were symptoms at diagnosis, synchronous tumors, radical-intent surgery not performed, and pathologic diagnosis of the primary tumor. Compared with pancreatic metastases from renal cell cancer, metastases from melanoma (P < 0.001) and lung cancer (P = 0.002) were associated with worse survival. The differences in survival of patients with renal cell cancer metastases and those with breast cancer, colorectal, or sarcoma metastases did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS There may be a subset of patients with pancreatic metastases who are able to benefit from surgery with respect to improved long-term survival. Symptoms at diagnosis, presentation with primary tumor, surgical resection, and pathologic diagnosis seem to be important prognostic factors.
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