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A case of breast cancer metastatic to the head of the pancreas

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A case of breast cancer that metastasized to the head of the pancreas 6 years and 8 months after mastectomy is reported. The pancreas head metastasis was associated with general fatigue and obstructive jaundice. The serum levels of CEA, CA15-3 and NCC-ST-439, tumor markers of breast cancer, were within normal limits, but CA15-3 was immunohistochemically demonstrated in the resected metastatic lesion, in a manner similar to lobular carcinoma of the breast.

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Abbreviations

CEA:

Carcinoembryonic antigen

ER:

Estrogen receptor

PgR:

Progesterone receptor

X-ray:

X ray photography

CT:

Computed tomography

PTCD:

Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography & drainage

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  1. Departments of Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima

    Tadashi Nomizu, Naoto Katagata, Takanori Matsuoka, Satoshi Suzuki, Tomonori Yabuta, Fumiaki Watanabe & Yoshio Yamaki

  2. Departments of Pathology, Hoshi General Hospital Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima

    Takeo Saito

  3. The Second Department of Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima

    Tadashi Nomizu, Takanori Matsuoka, Satoshi Suzuki, Tomonori Yabuta, Atsuo Tsuchiya & Rikiya Abe

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Nomizu, T., Katagata, N., Matsuoka, T. et al. A case of breast cancer metastatic to the head of the pancreas. Breast Cancer 6, 131–134 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02966920

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