Open AccessPancreatic pseudocysts due to a lymph node metastasis: a case report
Author(s) -
Kohei Shitara,
Kazuo Hara,
Yozo Satoh
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
gastroenterology insights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2036-7422
pISSN - 2036-7414
DOI - 10.4081/gi.2009.e5
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , lymph node , radiology , endoscopic ultrasound , pancreatic cancer , lymph node metastasis , metastasis , lymph , pancreatic pseudocyst , esophageal cancer , cancer , pancreas , surgery , pathology
A 69-year-old female with recurrent esophageal cancer and multiple lymph node metastases and vomiting was admitted to our hospital. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed a lymph node metastasis that had become cystic and enlarged, and was suggested to be the cause of the vomiting. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration showed squamous cell carcinoma and elevated amylase in the cystic tumor. Although a rare cause of pancreatic pseudocyst, lymph node metastasis from an advanced cancer should be considered