Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access originally published online on August 12, 2006
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006 36(10):662-664; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl080
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Isolated Pancreatic Metastasis of Extremity Myxoid Liposarcoma: Report of a Case
1 Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome and 2 Department of Digestive Disease, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy
For reprints and all correspondence: Fabio Carboni, Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144, Rome, Italy. E-mail: fabiocarb{at}tiscali.it
Received March 3, 2006; accepted May 26, 2006
Myxoid liposarcoma (ML) has a high predilection for extrapulmonary sites of metastases, including intra-abdominal metastases, but pancreatic involvement is extremely rare. Here, we report the case of a 66-year-old male patient, who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy for isolated pancreatic metastasis of ML of the left lower extremity that had been excised 6 years before. Completion pancreatectomy was necessitated afterwards for a delayed haemorrage associated with pancreatic fistula. Currently the patient is alive with no evidence of disease. Highly selected patients with isolated pancreatic metastasis of soft tissue sarcoma may benefit from a curative surgical resection.
Key Words: myxoid liposarcoma pancreatic metastasis diagnosis surgery