Metastatic breast cancer spread to peripancreatic lymph nodes causing biliary obstruction

Breast J. 2020 Mar;26(3):511-513. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13531. Epub 2019 Sep 20.

Abstract

Metastases to the pancreas and peripancreatic lymph nodes (PPLN) are unusual. Metastatic involvement of the PPLN without biliary obstruction, from a primary breast cancer has been published in only a single case in literature. We report the first metastatic breast cancer patient with PPLN deposit, presenting with obstructive jaundice.

Keywords: bilateral breast cancer; metastatic breast cancer; obstructive jaundice; pancreatic secondaries.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms*
  • Cholestasis* / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging