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Whipple’s procedure for an oligometastasis to the pancreas from a leiomyosarcoma of the thigh

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Abstract

Background

Pancreatic tumours are most frequently primary, with lesions secondary to metastasis uncommon.

Methods

This report describes the case of a 61-year-old man who underwent resection of a right thigh leiomyosarcoma 2 years prior to presentation with obstructive jaundice. Subsequent CT and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) diagnosed metastatic leiomyosarcoma to the pancreatic head for which he underwent a Whipple’s pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Conclusion

Metastasis from an extremity leiomyosarcoma to the pancreas is an extremely rare entity, which can be diagnosed by EUS and treated successfully by pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland

    J. P. Burke, J. Dillon & G. C. O’Toole

  2. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland

    D. Maguire

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland

    M. Moriarty

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Burke, J.P., Maguire, D., Dillon, J. et al. Whipple’s procedure for an oligometastasis to the pancreas from a leiomyosarcoma of the thigh. Ir J Med Sci 181, 361–363 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-009-0447-9

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