Recurrent renal carcinoma causing intestinal hemorrhage.
Three cases of gastrointestinal bleeding caused by secondary renal carcinoma are presented. Hemorrhage occurred secondary to invasion of bowel anatomically related to the primary tumor. Bleeding can best be controlled by excision of tumor and involved intestine. Surgery is justified by the unpredictable prognosis for renal carcinoma with secondary disease.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local