PANCREATIC METASTASES FROM BREAST-CANCER - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF BILIARY OBSTRUCTION

Citation
J. Mountney et al., PANCREATIC METASTASES FROM BREAST-CANCER - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF BILIARY OBSTRUCTION, European journal of surgical oncology, 23(6), 1997, pp. 574-576
Citations number
9
ISSN journal
07487983
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
574 - 576
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-7983(1997)23:6<574:PMFB-A>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Metastatic tumour deposition within the pancreas is a rare cause of bi liary obstruction, We present a case in which obstructive jaundice was the first sign of dissemination of a breast cancer, the cause being i ntrapancreatic obstruction to the biliary tree by tumour.