A resected case of pancreatic metastasis from primary renal cell carcinoma.
A 71-year-old man, who had received a right nephrectomy for a primary renal cell carcinoma 8 years earlier, and had two years later received a distal gastrectomy for duodenal ulcer, was admitted. In the subsequent clinical course, a solitary low echographical tumor was found in the pancreas. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a tumor of low density area, and celiac angiography revealed a hypervascular tumor stain of the pancreas. From the above findings, a diagnosis of pancreatic tumor was made, and a distal pancreatectomy was performed. Examination of the resected tissues confirmed the presence of a solitary tumor in the pancreatic tail. Histologically, the tumor corresponded to the initial renal cell carcinoma and pancreatic metastasis of renal cell carcinoma was diagnosed. We report a resected case of such a metastasis and review the literature.
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Eriguchi
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Aoyagi
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Hara
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Miyazaki
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Hashino
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Imamura
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Jimi
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Naito
D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*