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Late Solitary Pancreatic Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: We report a case of a 70-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma and metastasis to the pancreas. Symptomatic patients usually present with obstructive jaundice, abdominal pain, or GI bleeding. The diagnosis usually occurs in asymptomatic patients during followup for renal cell carcinoma. It usually befalls slowly from 2 to 18 years after the onset of the primary tumor of the kidney. A 70-year-old man presented in our department with weight loss, anorexia, and elevated blood glucose, having a large tumor on the head of the pancreas treated successfully by pancreatoduodenectomy. Three years after his treatment, the patient is doing well and without recurrence of the tumor. In conclusion, metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the pancreas is a rare neoplasm accounting for 0.25-3% of all pancreatic tumors.

Source: Case Reports in Medicine

DOI: 10.1155/2012/464808

Authors: Anastasios Katsourakis, George Noussios, Iosif Hadjis, Michael Alatsakis, Efthimios Chatzitheoklitos

Institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Language: English

Topic: Renal cell carcinoma treatment

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $790