An intussuscepting unusual tumour of small bowel: a metastasis from renal cell carcinoma ten years after the primary
Author(s) -
Chinthaka Wijesurendere,
Andrew Gee,
Pete Sarsfield
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sri lanka journal of surgery/sri lanka journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2279-2201
pISSN - 0379-8240
DOI - 10.4038/sljs.v35i4.8441
Subject(s) - medicine , medical journal , sri lanka , family medicine , south asia , sociology , ethnology
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the third commonest urological malignancy. It is known to metastasize to any organ in the body. While its common sites to metastasize include lung, liver, bone and brain, small bowel involvement is very rare. We hereby report a case of a metastatic deposit in small bowel causing intussusception and chronic blood loss ten years after resection of the primary. There are less than ten such cases reported in the literature according to the authors' knowledge.
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