Metastatic renal cell carcinoma of the gallbladder.
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma is renowned for its potency to spread to almost any organ of the body; however metastasis to the gall bladder is very rare. We present a case of a 48 year old man who initially demonstrated renal cell carcinoma, and in who gallbladder metastasis was later detected. A review of the literature revealed only a small number of cases of renal cell carcinoma metastasizing to the gallbladder, and these were primary found upon necropsy. Gallbladder metastasis in this case was detected clinically.
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. choi5491@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Jun Sung
JS
Park
Yoon Seok
YS
Chae
Sung Joon
SJ
Hong
Dong Hwan
DH
Shin
Jin Sub
JS
Choi
Byong Ro
BR
Kim
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged