Case Report: A rare case of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with metastases to the pancreas and stomach
Yuhang Lv, Yanting Jiang, Kaiyuan Hui, Xiaodong Jiang · 2026
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Yuhang Lv, Yanting Jiang, Kaiyuan Hui, and Xiaodong Jiang report a 2026 case of esophageal cancer that spread to rare sites. Cancer of the esophagus is aggressive and carries a poor outlook. Spread to distant organs is common, but spread to the pancreas and stomach is very rare.
The patient was a 62-year-old man with a past squamous cell cancer of the esophagus. Thirty-seven months after he finished radiotherapy, a scan found a mass in his pancreas by chance. He then had radical surgery to remove the growths. Lab tests on the tissue confirmed that both the pancreas and stomach lesions came from the original esophageal cancer. For later care, he got a drug regimen joining immune checkpoint inhibitors with platinum-based chemotherapy. The case warns doctors to weigh rare spread sites when new masses appear.
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| CREATOR | Yuhang Lv, Yanting Jiang, Kaiyuan Hui, Xiaodong Jiang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |