Pancreatic ampullary carcinoma with neck metastases: A case report
Cases Journal, cilt.2, sa.10, 2009 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 2 Sayı: 10
- Basım Tarihi: 2009
- Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-146
- Dergi Adı: Cases Journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: An 18-year-old Turkish woman was referred with a 6-week history of rapidly enlarging cervical mass at the left side. Case report: She was diagnosed of ampullary carcinoma for which pancreatoduodenectomy was performed 14 months ago. In our patient with a history of malignancy, a rapidly enlarging neck mass was considered a metastasis to the neck. Tumor resection was performed. Histopathological examination revealed the metastasis of the precedent ampullary adenocarcinoma. Conclusion: Surgery does not improve survival for advanced metastatic ampullary cancer however, it can be mandatory in specific conditions as our patient. © 2009 Aksoy et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.