title: Late focal pancreatic metastasis of renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Metastatic carcinoma to the pancreas is uncommon. Pancreatic metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma is exceptional, but may occur many years after the initial diagnosis and treatment of the primary tumor. Presentation of our patient mimicked a head of the pancreas carcinoma so well that it was only after the resectional phase of a Whipple operation that the diagnosis of metastatic renal carcinoma was made 18 years after left nephrectomy. The patient is alive and well 18 months after surgery, having gained weight.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Inonu, Turgut Ozal Medical Centre, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Foulis
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Imrie
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*