Pancreatic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.
We report a case of renal cell carcinoma that metastasized to the pancreas 7 years after the initial excision. The primary and the metastatic tumors were histologically similar. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding was the leading symptom in the present case and the cause of the patient's death.
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Department of Pathology, Federal University of Santa Maria, RS., Brazil.
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D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*