title: [Obstructive jaundice caused by metastasis to the head of the pancreas by a malignant melanoma].
abstract: We report on a 68-year-old patient who developed an obstructive jaundice 13 years after surgery of a malignant melanoma of the right ear. The initial sonographic and CT diagnosis of a benign pseudocyst of the head of the pancreas had to be revised based on ERCP, sonographically guided puncture and papillary biopsy. By Whipple's procedure, the solitary intrapancreatic metastasis could be successfully removed.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik am Krankenhaus Nordwest, Stiftung Hospital zum Heiligen Geist, Frankfurt.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stauch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rösch
mesh_terms: D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000473:pathology; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000209:etiology*; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Verschlussikterus durch Pankreaskopfmetastase eines malignen Melanoms.