Single pancreatic metastasis from a previously resected carcinoma of the cecum: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of an isolated pancreatic metastasis from a primary cecum carcinoma.


BACKGROUND
Carcinoma of the colon and rectum commonly metastasizes to distant sites such as liver, lung, bone, brain, and ovaries. Only a few cases of pancreatic metastasis from a primary colonic carcinoma had been reported. Metastasic lesions to the pancreas are found only in 3% to 12% of autopsies from advanced malignancies. Primary tumors that commonly metastasize to the pancreas are lung and kidney. Most of the patients with metastatic lesions to pancreas also had extrapancreatic metastatic disease.


METHODS
We report a case of a 86-year-old woman with a single pancreatic metastasis from a primary cecum carcinoma resected 8 months before.


CONCLUSIONS
The finding of an isolated metastasis to the pancreatic body from a primary cecum adenocarcinoma is extremely rare.
Torres-Villalobos
Gonzalo
G
Surgery Departament, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Podgaetz
Eitan
E
Anthon
Francisco J
FJ
Remes-Troche
Jose M
JM
Robles-Diaz
Guillermo
G
Nuñez
Carlos C
CC
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography