Open AccessMetastasis to the pancreas: a rare site for secondary malignancy of breast cancer: a case report
Author(s) -
Kouhen Fadila,
Meriem Chihabeddine,
Mohammed Squali,
Mohammed Allaoui,
A. Bouzidi,
Nadia Errafiy,
Nabil Ismaili
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pan african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.287
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1937-8688
DOI - 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.260.25228
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , breast cancer , metastasis , pancreas , pancreatic cancer , cancer , breast cancer metastasis , lung , lung cancer , neoplasm , oncology , general surgery , radiology , pathology , cancer metastasis
Breast cancer is the most frequent invasive cancer in women and the second cause of death by cancer in women after lung cancer. It causes metastases especially to bones, liver and lungs. Pancreatic metastases from a primary breast neoplasm are rare and unusual, occurring in less than 3% of the cases. There have been only 28 cases described in the literature. This paper adds one more case to the published literature. We present a case of pancreatic metastasis of the breast in a 64-year-old female and a discussion based on a review of the literature.