Patterns of pancreatic metastasis from lung cancer

• Published in: Anticancer research Vol. 18; no. 4B; p. 2881
• Main Authors: Maeno, T, Satoh, H, Ishikawa, H, Yamashita, Y T, Naito, T, Fujiwara, M, Kamma, H, Ohtsuka, M, Hasegawa, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece 01.07.1998
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Middle Aged; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Pancreatic Neoplasms - secondary; Retrospective Studies; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonography

Metastatic involvement of the pancrease is not an uncommon autopsy finding, however, pancreatic metastasis is an infrequent clinical condition and the pattern of the metastases have not been studied. We conducted a retrospective study in order to evaluate the pattern of the metastasis from lung canc...