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Case Reports
. 2006 Aug 28;12(32):5234-6.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i32.5234.

Unusual gastric and pancreatic metastatic renal cell carcinoma presentation 10 years after surgery and immunotherapy: A case report and a review of literature

Chiara Riviello  1 , Ilaria Tanini, Greta Cipriani, Pietro Pantaleo, Carlo Nozzoli, Alberto Poma, Viligiardi Riccardo, Andrea Valeri
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Case Reports

Unusual gastric and pancreatic metastatic renal cell carcinoma presentation 10 years after surgery and immunotherapy: A case report and a review of literature

Chiara Riviello et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common renal tumor, accounting for 2%-3% of all malignancies. Though RCC is known to spread hematogenously, isolated RCC metastasis to the stomach is a rare event. In this article, we describe the clinical course of a patient who developed a pancreatic recurrence of RCC and 1 year later a gastric recurrence of RCC treated 10 years ago with a resection and interleukin-2 (IL-2). Accumulating evidence indicates that metastatic involvement of the pancreas and stomach should be suspected in any patient with a history of RCC who presents with gastrointestinal symptoms even 10 years after RCC resection and immunotherapy.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Metastases of 1 and 3.5 cm in diameter as shown by chest X-ray.
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Figure 2
An irregular mass (5 cm in diameter) corresponding to gastric metastasis, several para-aortic lymphoadenopathies and liver metastatic nodules as shown by CT scan of the abdomen.
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