Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer

Abstract Skeletal muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer is rare. We present a 72-year-old female patient with unresectable pancreatic tail cancer. Fifteen months after the introduction of the chemoradiotherapy, an 18-mm elastic hard tumor was found in her right chest wall and resected after confi...

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Main Authors: Kenji Shimizu, Daisuke Hashimoto, Naoki Umezaki, Shigeki Nakagawa, Kensuke Yamamura, Akira Chikamoto, Fujio Matsumura, Hideo Baba
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Language:English
Published: Japan Surgical Society 2018-01-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-017-0393-0
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author Kenji Shimizu
Daisuke Hashimoto
Naoki Umezaki
Shigeki Nakagawa
Kensuke Yamamura
Akira Chikamoto
Fujio Matsumura
Hideo Baba
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Daisuke Hashimoto
Naoki Umezaki
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description Abstract Skeletal muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer is rare. We present a 72-year-old female patient with unresectable pancreatic tail cancer. Fifteen months after the introduction of the chemoradiotherapy, an 18-mm elastic hard tumor was found in her right chest wall and resected after confirmation of no other metastatic lesions. Postoperative pathological examination diagnosed it as a muscle metastasis from the pancreatic cancer, and the patient has since been continuing chemotherapy for 10 months. A review of the literature regarding skeletal muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer is also presented.
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spelling doaj-art-58c8dabccc78460f8396870a86ee3fb12025-08-20T03:34:33ZengJapan Surgical SocietySurgical Case Reports2198-77932018-01-01411310.1186/s40792-017-0393-0Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancerKenji Shimizu0Daisuke Hashimoto1Naoki Umezaki2Shigeki Nakagawa3Kensuke Yamamura4Akira Chikamoto5Fujio Matsumura6Hideo Baba7Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Omuta Tenryo HospitalDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical SciencesAbstract Skeletal muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer is rare. We present a 72-year-old female patient with unresectable pancreatic tail cancer. Fifteen months after the introduction of the chemoradiotherapy, an 18-mm elastic hard tumor was found in her right chest wall and resected after confirmation of no other metastatic lesions. Postoperative pathological examination diagnosed it as a muscle metastasis from the pancreatic cancer, and the patient has since been continuing chemotherapy for 10 months. A review of the literature regarding skeletal muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer is also presented.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-017-0393-0Pancreatic cancerMuscle metastasisOperation
spellingShingle Kenji Shimizu
Daisuke Hashimoto
Naoki Umezaki
Shigeki Nakagawa
Kensuke Yamamura
Akira Chikamoto
Fujio Matsumura
Hideo Baba
Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer
Surgical Case Reports
Pancreatic cancer
Muscle metastasis
Operation
title Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer
title_full Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer
title_fullStr Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer
title_full_unstemmed Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer
title_short Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer
title_sort thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer
topic Pancreatic cancer
Muscle metastasis
Operation
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-017-0393-0
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