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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2023

Metastasis from Cervical Cancer Presenting as a Pancreatic Head Mass - an Unexpected Diagnosis!

Deepanksha Datta, Divya Aggarwal, Selvakumar Balakrishnan, Vaibhav Kumar Varshney, Rajesh Kumar

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Clinical and imaging manifestations of metastases from rare sites.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026
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Deepanksha DattaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Divya AggarwalDepartment of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, India.
Selvakumar BalakrishnanDepartment of Surgical Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room 547, 5Th Floor 'C' Block, OPD Complex, Basni Industrial Area Phase II, Jodhpur, 342005, India. selvasriram87@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2280-3862
Vaibhav Kumar VarshneyDepartment of Surgical Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room 547, 5Th Floor 'C' Block, OPD Complex, Basni Industrial Area Phase II, Jodhpur, 342005, India.
Rajesh KumarDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical cancer is the most common malignancy in Indian women. After primary treatment, distant recurrence is rare and occurs at liver, lung or bone. Distant metastases to other abdominal sites are very rare. We present a case of pancreatic metastasis from cervical cancer, which has not been reported in literature. A 53-year-old woman presented with 3-month history of dull upper abdominal pain with anorexia and weight loss. Past medical history revealed a stage 3c squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cervix treated by chemo-radiotherapy 2 years back. Contrast CT abdomen showed a pancreatic head mass encasing portal vein. CA-19.9 was 30.8 U/ml. 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose(FDG) PET/CT whole body scan showed avid pancreatic head mass and right lung nodule with no uptake in utero-cervix, adnexae or pelvic nodes. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided needle aspiration from the mass showed metastatic SCC, confirming pancreatic metastasis from SCC cervix with no active disease at the cervix. Being aware of recurrence at such atypical locations during post-treatment follow-up, helps in accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellPancreatic NeoplasmsUterine Cervical NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPancreasPositron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyCervical cancerMetachronous recurrencePancreatic metastasisSquamous cell carcinoma

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