An unusual case of pancreatic metastasis from malignant melanoma. The diagnostic work-up to arrive at a final diagnosis
Maria Massara, Evrydiki Christakos, Francesk Mulita, Elias Liolis, Vasileios Leivaditis, Konstantinos Tasios, Evangelos Fergadis, Georgia Hardavella, Elisavet Konstantellou, Konstantinos Stefanidis · 2026
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Maria Massara and co-authors walked through a hard diagnosis in a 2026 case report. A 56-year-old man arrived with headache and unsteady walking. Seven years earlier he had skin melanoma removed. Brain MRI showed several growths inside the brain that looked like spread cancer. Body scans added a lung nodule and a lesion in the head of the pancreas with a widened duct.
The pancreas lesion raised a puzzle, since it could be a new cancer or spread from the old melanoma. The team weighed biopsy sites by safety and speed. A lung biopsy proved the growths were melanoma. The report then follows the endoscopic ultrasound work-up of the pancreas. It shows how teams reason when several organs light up at once.
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| CREATOR | Maria Massara, Evrydiki Christakos, Francesk Mulita, Elias Liolis, Vasileios Leivaditis, Konstantinos Tasios, Evangelos Fergadis, Georgia Hardavella, Elisavet Konstantellou, Konstantinos Stefanidis |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |