Case Report


Solitary pancreatic metastasis from a primary breast carcinoma: A case report

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1 Chairman, Department of Surgery, Manila Doctors Hospital, Rm 404, Medical Arts Centre, T.M. Kalaw, Ermita, Manila, Philippines

2 Resident Physician from Manila Doctors Hospital, UN Avenue, Manila, Philippines

3 Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital, Philippines

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Anthony R Perez

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital,

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Article ID: 100085Z04CA2020

doi: 10.5348/100085Z04CA2020CR

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Arcilla CE, Zamora HPA, Perez AR. Solitary pancreatic metastasis from a primary breast carcinoma: A case report. Int J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis 2020;10:100085Z04CA2020.

ABSTRACT


Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women. Common sites of metastatic involvement of breast cancer, in order of frequency, are bone, lung, pleura, soft tissues, and liver. Isolated metastasis to the pancreas from a primary breast cancer is a rare occurrence. Presented herein is a case of a 55-year-old female patient postmastectomy for breast carcinoma who developed signs and symptoms of obstructive jaundice secondary to a pancreatic head mass. It was documented to be metastatic from the primary breast cancer and was managed surgically to relieve the biliary obstruction.

Keywords: Breast carcinoma, Isolated metastasis, Pancreatic metastasis

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Crisostomo E Arcilla - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Hector Paolo A Zamora - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Anthony R Perez - Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

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