A Case of Pleomorphic-Type Anaplastic Carcinoma of the Pancreas with Rapidly Progressive and Fatal Cardiac Metastasis
Clinicians need to recognize that PACP can metastasize to the heart and incorporate this risk into routine follow-up, maintaining vigilance for imaging features suggestive of cardiac involvement and for new-onset cardiac symptoms or conduction disturbances; when cardiac metastasis is suspected, prompt evaluation and intervention are warranted.
Authors
- Shingo Kozono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3898-6373)
- Norimasa Abe
- ATSUSHI FUJII
- Toru Nakano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4026-652X)
- Hirotaka Kuga
- Sadafumi Tamiya
- Keiichi Shigematsu
Institutions
- Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Case Reports
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.70352/scrj.cr.25-0567
- Primary Topic
- Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00