Open AccessLung cancer metastasis to the pancreas mimicking autoimmune pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Ichiyama Naruhiko,
Yamane Hiromichi,
Ochi Nobuaki,
Nakagawa Nozomu,
Nagasaki Yasunari,
Kawahara Tatsuyuki,
Taoka Masataka,
Mimura Ayaka,
Nakanishi Hidekazu,
Takigawa Nagio
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.13951
Subject(s) - medicine , autoimmune pancreatitis , pancreatitis , lung cancer , metastasis , pancreas , pancreatic cancer , lung , pathology , cancer research , cancer
The unique radiological manifestation mimicking autoimmune pancreatitis caused by lung cancer metastasis to the pancreas has not previously been reported. The incidence of pancreatic secondary tumors has previously been reported to be approximately 15% in autopsy cases of malignant tumors, and it is unusual for thoracic oncologists to find that the second common primary tumor site of metastatic pancreas tumor is the lung.