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- - The patient, a 71-year-old man, had pancreatic cancer and underwent surgery known as subtotal stomach-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy along with D2 lymphadenectomy.
- - After 38 months, a CT scan revealed a 10-mm mass in his left lung, leading to concerns about either lung metastasis from his pancreatic cancer or a new primary lung cancer.
- - Following a partial resection of the lung, it was confirmed that the mass was a metastasis from the pancreatic cancer, but 9 years later, the patient has not experienced any recurrence.
Article Abstract
The patient was a 71-year-old man with the pancreatic cancer. He underwent subtotal stomach-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy. CT conducted 38 months after the surgery revealed the 10-mm mass at the lower lobe in the left lung. On PET-CT, the mass showed an abnormal uptake. We suspected that the mass was either a lung metastasis or a primary lung cancer. Partial resection of the left lung was performed, and pathological findings led to the diagnosis of lung metastasis originating from the primary pancreatic cancer. Currently at 9 years post-surgery, the patient has not had any recurrence of the metastasis. In this study, we report our case and discuss the literature.
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