title: Intestinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction and bleeding.
abstract: Intestinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are rare. Clinical presentation includes intestinal obstruction, bleeding, or perforation. Management should be aggressive, since the prognosis of RCC is unpredictable and metastasectomy can extend patient survival. We present a patient with intestinal obstruction and bleeding caused by intestinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma and summarize the surgical procedures employed. The relevant literature is briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, 251 Hellenic Force Hospital, Athens, Greece. george.sakorafas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Pavlakis
authors.forename: George H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Sakorafas
authors.forename: George K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Anagnostopoulos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male