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Sparks DA, Chase DM, Forsyth M, et al. Late presentation of a mucinous ovarian adenocarcinoma which was initially diagnosed as a primary pancreatic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2010;4:90doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-90.
Sparks, D. A., Chase, D. M., Forsyth, M., Bogen, G., & Arnott, J. (2010). Late presentation of a mucinous ovarian adenocarcinoma which was initially diagnosed as a primary pancreatic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of medical case reports, 490. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-90
Sparks, Dorothy A, et al. "Late presentation of a mucinous ovarian adenocarcinoma which was initially diagnosed as a primary pancreatic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature." Journal of medical case reports vol. 4 (2010): 90. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-90
Sparks DA, Chase DM, Forsyth M, Bogen G, Arnott J. Late presentation of a mucinous ovarian adenocarcinoma which was initially diagnosed as a primary pancreatic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2010 Mar 18;4:90. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-90. PMID: 20298585; PMCID: PMC2851597.
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J Med Case Rep. 2010 Mar 18;4:90. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-90.

Late presentation of a mucinous ovarian adenocarcinoma which was initially diagnosed as a primary pancreatic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.

Journal of medical case reports

Dorothy A Sparks, Daniel M Chase, Mark Forsyth, Gregg Bogen, Jon Arnott

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Northside Medical Center, Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, Ohio, 44505, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 20298585 PMCID: PMC2851597 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-90

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Adenocarcinoma of the ovary is an aggressive neoplasm which often metastasizes to the lung or liver. Metastases rarely occur to the pancreas, but a tissue diagnosis is required to confirm this event. Although most tumors of the pancreas are primary pancreatic neoplasms, metastatic lesions have been reported most commonly as arising from renal cell carcinoma.

CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 51-year-old Caucasian woman with ovarian mucinous adenocarcinoma with metastasis to the head of the pancreas that was originally misdiagnosed as a pancreatic primary tumor.

CONCLUSION: Mucinous ovarian adenocarcinomas rarely metastasize to the pancreas. New pancreatic lesions should be investigated through tissue biopsy and tumor markers, while keeping an open-minded differential diagnosis to avoid a misdiagnosis or a delay in treatment.

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