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Fine‐needle aspiration cytology of metastatic clear‐cell renal carcinoma presenting as a solitary mass in the head of the pancreas
Author(s) -
Gupta Raj K.,
Lallu Shardu,
Delahunt Brett
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199809)19:3<194::aid-dc8>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , pancreas , adenocarcinoma , renal cell carcinoma , metastasis , presentation (obstetrics) , cytology , fine needle aspiration , radiology , metastatic adenocarcinoma , carcinoma , pancreatic head , pancreatic mass , metastatic carcinoma , head of pancreas , pathology , biopsy , cancer
In nearly 25% of patients with primary renal‐cell carcinoma, metastasis is not uncommon and usually does not give rise to difficulties in diagnosis. However, its presentation as a mass in the head of the pancreas following an elapse of several years after the initial diagnosis of renal carcinoma is not only uncommon but may be confused clinicoradiologically with a primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The case presented here illustrates such an example with an emphasis on the usefulness of fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis. Diagn. Cytopathol. 1998;19:194–197. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.