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Miguel Nogueira | Zendy; Sílvia Costa Dias | Zendy; Ana Catarina Silva | Zendy; João Correia Pinto | Zendy; J Rodríguez Machado | Zendy

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Solitary pancreatic renal cell carcinoma metastasis

Author(s) -

Miguel Nogueira,

Sílvia Costa Dias,

Ana Catarina Silva,

João Correia Pinto,

J Rodríguez Machado

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

autopsy and case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2236-1960

DOI - 10.4322/acr.2018.023

Subject(s) - medicine , sunitinib , renal cell carcinoma , pancreaticoduodenectomy , nephrectomy , pancreas , radiology , metastasis , positron emission tomography , tyrosine kinase inhibitor , pancreatic disease , carcinoma , kidney , cancer

Pancreatic metastases are rare; they account for only 2% of all pancreatic malignancies and usually occur when associated with a disseminated metastatic disease. Solitary pancreatic metastases are even less frequent, and there are few reports regarding surgical resection. We report the case of a 77-year-old female patient diagnosed with a single cephalo-pancreatic metastasis of renal cell carcinoma, 16 years after a total nephrectomy. The patient underwent successful pancreaticoduodenectomy, and the diagnosis was confirmed. A subsequent positron emission tomography (PET) scan showed disease relapse, and tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment with sunitinib was initiated. After 1 year and 4 months, the PET-computed tomography scan showed a complete radiologic response.

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