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Pancreatic cancer presenting as colonic disease. A rare case report

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Highlights • Fifty percent of patients with pancreatic cancer present with metastatic disease.• Metastasis to the colon is a very rare entity.• Only 5 cases are reported in English literature.•… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • Fifty percent of patients with pancreatic cancer present with metastatic disease.• Metastasis to the colon is a very rare entity.• Only 5 cases are reported in English literature.• The patient presented to the surgical consult with a diagnosis of sigmoid cancer.• The pathological analysis revealed an adenocarcinoma with pancreatic origin.

Keywords: presenting colonic; disease; pancreatic cancer; case; cancer presenting; cancer

Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2018

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