A Resected Case of Pancreatic Metastasis from Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma

Yukio Sonoda, Koji Yamaguchi, Shuji Saiki, Seiji Naito¹⁾, Masaki Takashima²⁾, Kazuo Chijiwa, Masao Tanaka

Departments of Surgery I, Urology¹⁾, and Pathology II²⁾, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine

Pancreatic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma is rare. We report a case of resection of such a metastasis. A 67-year-old man had a left nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma four years prior to the present admission. Follow-up CT showed a metastatic nodule in the tail of the pancreas. Distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy was performed. Long and careful follow-up including examination of the pancreas is mandatory after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.

Key words
renal cell carcinoma, metastatic pancreatic cancer, surgical resection

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Yukio Sonoda Department of Surgery I, Kuyushu University Faculty of Medicine
3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-82 JAPAN

Accepted
March 19, 1997

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