Body and distal pancreatectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma: case report and review of the literature.
Renal cell carcinoma is known for its unpredictable behavior. Spontaneous regression of metastatic disease has been reported; and patients have been known to survive for years with metastatic disease. Reports of long intervals between nephrectomy and metastatic disease are common. We present a case of a solitary metastasis to the pancreas 20 years after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.
Kathryn S
KS
Norton
Gazi B
GB
Zibari
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed