Isolated fat-containing pancreatic metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma

Jpn J Radiol. 2013 Jun;31(6):408-11. doi: 10.1007/s11604-013-0193-9. Epub 2013 Mar 29.

Abstract

We report a case of a 50-year-old male with isolated pancreatic metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in which chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging detected the presence of fat, and which mimicked fatty replacement. A solitary metastatic pancreatic tumor originating from HCC is very rare. Furthermore, we believe that this is the first report of fat-containing pancreatic metastasis from HCC.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / secondary*