Open AccessA case of hypervascular tumors in the liver and pancreas: synchronous hepatocellular carcinoma and pancreatic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma 36 years after nephrectomy
Author(s) -
Nakamura Hajime,
Tanaka Shingo,
Miyanishi Koji,
Kawano Yutaka,
Osuga Takahiro,
Ishikawa Kazuma,
Yoshida Makoto,
Ohnuma Hiroyuki,
Murase Kazuyuki,
Takada Kohichi,
Yamaguchi Hiroshi,
Nagayama Minoru,
Kimura Yasutoshi,
Takemasa Ichiro,
Kato Junji
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3691
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , hepatocellular carcinoma , pancreas , metastasis , radiology , carcinoma , pancreatic tumor , pathology , kidney , cancer , pancreatic cancer
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between multiple cancers and metastases using only diagnostic imaging, particularly when multiple hypervascular tumors are found in multiple organs. We present a case in which the preoperative histological evaluation was essential to determine the management of a hypervascular pancreatic tumor and liver tumor.