Metastatic pancreas cancer from the thyroid; clinical imaging mimicking non functioning islet cell tumor.

Hiroshi Sugimura, Shunsuke Tamura, Tadashi Kodama, Y Kakitsubata, K. Asada, Kenta Watanabe

PubMed · 1992 · 20 citations · 0 references

Abstract

A case of pancreatic metastasis from thyroid cancer resected seven years previously is presented. Pancreatic metastases of thyroid cancer are rare. The radiological features of the tumor are described and the diagnostic implications of pancreatic metastases are discussed.