PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christoph Paasch
AU  - Gianluca De Santo
AU  - Katherina Renate Boettge
AU  - Martin W Strik
TI  - Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma metastasising to the pancreas
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226369
DP  - 2018 Nov 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e226369
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/11/1/e226369.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/11/1/e226369.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2018 Nov 01; 11
AB  - The mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (MC) is a rare malignant tumour and accounts for less than 3% of primary chondrosarcomas. Mostly MC arises from the craniofacial bones, the ribs, the ilium, the femur and the vertebrae. A 54-year-old man was treated due to an icterus of unknown origin. The medical history of the patient consists of a multimodal treated MC of the thoracic vertebrae. A CT imaging identified a 2×4 cm sized mass of the pancreatic head. Suspecting a pancreatic head carcinoma surgical removal was performed. Histopathological a metastasis of MC was diagnosed. Our patient left the hospital after 17 days and died 23 month after surgery. Metastases of MC to the pancreas are rare. When detecting a mass of the pancreas in patients with a medical history of an MC, a metastasis of these tumour should be taken in consideration.