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Yousra Akasbi, Samia Arifi, Mohammed EL Idrissi, Mohammed Shimi, Faouzi Boutayeb, Abdelmjid El Mrini, Omar El Mesbahi. Soft-tissue metastasis revealing a pancreatic adenocarcinoma: one case report and a review of literature. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2012;11:32 Key words: Soft tissue metastases, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, computer tomography scan, rare, Morocco Permanent link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/11/32/full Received: 20/04/2011 - Accepted: 07/11/2011 - Published: 22/02/2012 © Yousra Akasbi et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Soft-tissue metastasis revealing a pancreatic adenocarcinoma: one case report and a review of literature
Yousra Akasbi1,&, Samia Arifi1, Mohammed El Idrissi2, Mohammed Shimi2, Faouzi Boutayeb2, Abdelmjid El Mrini2, Omar El Mesbahi1
1Medical Oncology unit, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco, 2Orthopedic surgery unit, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
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Yousra Akasbi, Medical Oncology unit, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
Soft tissue metastases from pancreatic adenocarcinoma are rare lesions and can be the source of diagnostic confusion both clinically and pathologically. To our knowledge, one patient has been reported on with soft tissue lesions that ultimately disclose a pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We report here on a patient who presented with a metastatic soft tissue lesion in the trochanter, and the buttocks, as the initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Soft tissue metastasis from pancreatic carcinoma is a rare finding. Clinicians should be aware that metastatic soft tissue lesions could be the initial presenting sign for pancreatic cancer. Also, the immunohistochemical staining for CK 7 and 19 may be helpful for the diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
