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Case Reports
. 1997 Dec;23(6):574-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0748-7983(97)93557-5.

Pancreatic metastases from breast cancer: an unusual cause of biliary obstruction

J Mountney  1 , A C Maury, A M Jackson, R E Coleman, A G Johnson
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Case Reports

Pancreatic metastases from breast cancer: an unusual cause of biliary obstruction

J Mountney et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 1997 Dec.

Abstract

Metastatic tumour deposition within the pancreas is a rare cause of biliary obstruction. We present a case in which obstructive jaundice was the first sign of dissemination of a breast cancer, the cause being intrapancreatic obstruction to the biliary tree by tumour.

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