A case of solitary metastatic pancreatic cancer from rectal carcinoma: A case report

A 79 year-old male who had undergone resection of the rectum for rectal can cer was shown to have metastasis to the pancreas 11 years after surgery. Th e metastatic lesion was located at the tail and body of the pancreas, and w as resected with distal pancreatectomy. The same patient also had metastasi s to the lung 8 years after initial rectal surgery. Therefore, the course o f metastasis to the pancreas was suggested to be from the metastatic lung t umor to the pancreas by hematogenous spread. The patient was considered dis ease-free 8 months after the pancreatectomy. Recent advances in the technology of diagnostic imaging have facilitated th e selection of surgical therapy for metastasis to the pancreas in rectal ca ncer patients after follow-up by imaging diagnosis.