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  • Title: Solitary pancreatic metastasis occurring eight years after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. A case report and surgical review.
    Author: Hirota T, Tomida T, Iwasa M, Takahashi K, Kaneda M, Tamaki H.
    Journal: Int J Pancreatol; 1996 Apr; 19(2):145-53. PubMed ID: 8723558.
    Abstract:
    CONCLUSION: Pancreatic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma is extremely rare. The average time between nephrectomy and the diagnosis of metachronous metastases is reported to exceed 10 yr. Therefore, the initial diagnosis may be neglected in the cases of prolonged disease-free interval. When it does occur simultaneously or metachronously, aggressive surgical resection, when possible, seems to be the most effective treatment for this metastatic lesion. BACKGROUND: An 81-yr-old female patient, who 8 yr previously had undergone right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, presented with solitary pancreatic metastasis, which was successfully treated with a distal pancreatectomy. Only 66 cases of clinically diagnosed renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the pancreas are reported in the world literature and 49 of the patients (including ours) underwent a definitive surgical resection. Our case, treated by distal pancreatectomy, and a review of the relevant literature including all reported cases of renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the pancreas, are presented. RESULTS: The patient was well without any evidence of recurrence at 22 mo after the operation.
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