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ReviewClinical journal of gastroenterology2019

Surgically resected pancreatic metastasis from nasal malignant melanoma: case report and literature review.

Yoshihide Kanno, Yutaka Noda, Shinsuke Koshita, Takahisa Ogawa, Kaori Masu, Masaya Oikawa, Takaho Okada, Naoya Akazawa, Takashi Sawai, Kei Ito

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Review in Clinical journal of gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Pancreatic metastasis from anorectal malignant melanoma.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yoshihide KannoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. yoshi-hk@openhp.or.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2044-5483
Yutaka NodaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Shinsuke KoshitaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Takahisa OgawaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Kaori MasuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Masaya OikawaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Takaho OkadaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Naoya AkazawaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Takashi SawaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Kei ItoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Tsurugaya 5-22-1, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 13-mm mass was observed in the pancreatic head of a 70-year-old woman who had undergone melanoma resection in the nasal cavity 10 years earlier. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) showed that the mass consisted of multiple hypoechoic nodules. EUS-guided fine needle aspiration and pancreatic juice cytologies revealed neoplastic cells positive for HMB45 and melan-A staining with a few melanin granules, indicating the presence of a metastatic malignant melanoma. These additional stainings were evaluated after surgery. In the surgically resected specimen, the mass had multiple nodule-like structures, some of which were brown colored. Immunocytochemistry and electronic microscopy findings confirmed the diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Microscopic findings were similar to the nasal specimen; therefore, the pancreatic lesion was considered to be a metastasis from the nasal cavity.

Indexed as

AgedEndoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationEndosonographyFemaleHumansMelanomaNasal CavityNose NeoplasmsPancreatic NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedEndoscopic ultrasonographyEndoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspirationNeuroendocrine neoplasmPancreatic cancerPancreatic juice cytologyPancreatic tumor

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PMID30671896

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