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Metastatic breast cancer spread to peripancreatic lymph nodes causing biliary obstruction.

Neomal PereraNishani FernandoRanali PereraPrasanna JayasekaraBimalka SenevirathneWasantha Ratnayake
Published in: The breast journal (2019)
Metastases to the pancreas and peripancreatic lymph nodes (PPLN) are unusual. Metastatic involvement of the PPLN without biliary obstruction, from a primary breast cancer has been published in only a single case in literature. We report the first metastatic breast cancer patient with PPLN deposit, presenting with obstructive jaundice.
Keyphrases
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