GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology (Apr 2019)

A Rare Pancreatic Tail Metastasis from Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma Diagnosed by EUS-FNB and a Small Review of the Literature

  • Ioannis Stoupis,
  • Evangelos Voudoukis,
  • Emmanouil Mastorakis,
  • Georgios Kazamias,
  • Panagiotis Ieromonachou,
  • Charalampos Pappas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000497387

Abstract

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Differential diagnosis of pancreatic lesions is really challenging, especially when the patient is diagnosed with primary cancer at another site. In this case report, we managed to histologically confirm pancreatic metastasis from squamous cell lung carcinoma, which is a very rare entity, using endoscopic ultrasound fine needle biopsy.

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