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Case Reports
. 2019 May;26(3):223-225.
doi: 10.1159/000489866. Epub 2018 Jun 14.

Pancreatic Metastasis from Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Breast

Catarina Félix  1 , Miguel Bispo  1 , Cristina Chagas  1
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Case Reports

Pancreatic Metastasis from Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Breast

Catarina Félix et al. GE Port J Gastroenterol. 2019 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Breast leiomyosarcoma; Gallbladder metastasis; Pancreatic metastasis.

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Figures

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Fig. 1
Abdominal tomography showing a solid pancreatic mass (white arrow) and an endoluminal mass in the gallbladder (black arrow).
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Fig. 2
Endoscopic ultrasound identifying multiple pancreatic hypoechogenic, well-defined nodules (arrow), consistent with pancreatic metastasis, and a heterogeneous hypoechoic gallbladder mass (GB).
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Fig. 3
a, b Fusiform neoplastic cells (HE. ×100 and HE. ×400, respectively). c, d Immunohistochemical staining is positive for actine and caldesmon, respectively.
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