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ArticleSurgical case reports2023

Liver metastasis composed of pure squamous cell carcinoma component from pancreatic pure ductal adenocarcinoma: a case report.

Yohei Mano, Keishi Sugimachi, Tomonari Shimagaki, Takahiro Tomino, Emi Onishi, Lingaku Lee, Terumasa Hisano, Yutaka Koga, Kenichi Taguchi, Masaru Morita and 1 more

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Yohei ManoDepartment of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan. m515yohei@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8365-3194
Keishi SugimachiDepartment of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Tomonari ShimagakiDepartment of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Takahiro TominoDepartment of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Emi OnishiDepartment of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Lingaku LeeDepartment of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Terumasa HisanoDepartment of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Yutaka KogaDepartment of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Kenichi TaguchiDepartment of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Masaru MoritaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
Yasushi TohDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Notame 3-1-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan.
National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center · JP

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Abstract

backgroundLiver metastasis of pure squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma has not been previously reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 66-year-old man underwent a computed tomography scan 3 years after surgery for pancreatic head cancer, and the scan revealed a mass lesion in the right lobe of the liver. A liver tumor biopsy was performed, and SCC was diagnosed. Whole sections of the pancreatic head cancer were re-evaluated, but no areas of SCC-like differentiation were identified. Although the pathology differed between the pancreas and liver, metastasis of adenosquamous carcinoma was considered. Three courses of gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel were administered to treat the liver metastasis of pancreatic cancer, but no response was attained. Therefore, primary SCC of the liver was considered and hepatic resection was performed. The tumor had invaded the diaphragm, and S5/6 partial hepatic resection with right diaphragm resection was performed. Pathological examination showed pure SCC of the liver, which differed from the pancreatic cancer. KRAS mutations were evaluated in the pancreatic and liver tumor specimens, and Q61R mutation was identified in both specimens. This pure SCC of the liver was diagnosed as metastasis from pancreatic cancer not by histology but by genetic analysis.

conclusionsThis is the first reported case of pure SCC liver metastasis from pancreatic cancer without a squamous cell component in the primary tumor. Evaluation of KRAS mutations in both specimens was useful for diagnosis.

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KRAS mutationLiver metastasisPancreatic cancerSquamous cell carcinoma

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