Naugler Christopher, Xu Zhaolin
Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, 5788 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1V8, Canada.
J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Nov;15(11):1284-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.022. Epub 2008 Oct 1.
Metastases to the pineal gland are rare and reported cases have consisted primarily of gastrointestinal and lung primary malignancies. Here we present the case of a 66-year-old female with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney and liver disease who was found at autopsy to have an unrecognized infiltrating ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with metastases to the liver, lungs and pineal gland. As far as we are aware, this is the first report of a metastasis of infiltrating ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas to the pineal gland.
松果体转移瘤罕见,已报道的病例主要为胃肠道和肺部原发性恶性肿瘤。本文报告一例66岁患有常染色体显性多囊肾和肝病的女性,尸检发现其患有未被识别的胰腺浸润性导管腺癌,并伴有肝、肺和松果体转移。据我们所知,这是胰腺浸润性导管腺癌转移至松果体的首例报告。