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35-year-old woman with history of invasive ductal carcinoma was status post left radical mastectomy 2 years ago. She presented with acute abdominal pain and a serum lipase of 279 U/L (normal, 16–63 U/L).
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Azadi, J., Zaheer, A. (2017). Case 19: Breast Cancer Metastatic to the Pancreas. In: Zaheer, A., Fishman, E., Pittman, M., Hruban, R. (eds) Pancreatic Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52680-5_19
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