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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access published online on August 12, 2006
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl080
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© 2006 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
Received March 3, 2006
Accepted May 26, 2006

Case Report

Isolated Pancreatic Metastasis of Extremity Myxoid Liposarcoma: Report of a Case

Fabio Carboni 1 *, Giuseppe Maria Ettorre 1, Riccardo Lorusso 1, Pasquale Lepiane 1, Roberto Santoro 1, Pietro Mancini 1, Francesco Maria Di Matteo 2, and Eugenio Santoro 1

1 Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
2 Department of Digestive Disease, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Fabio Carboni, E-mail: fabiocarb{at}tiscali.it


  Abstract

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.

Keywords: myxoid liposarcoma; pancreatic metastasis; diagnosis; surgery.
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