Skip Navigation

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2004 34(11):696-699; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyh127
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (2)
Right arrow Request Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kobayashi, A.
Right arrow Articles by Saisho, H.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kobayashi, A.
Right arrow Articles by Saisho, H.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?


© 2004 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Case Report

Spontaneous Rupture of Pancreatic Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma

Akitoshi Kobayashi, Taketo Yamaguchi, Takeshi Ishihara, Hiroshi Tadenuma, Kazuyoshi Nakamura, Tadashi Ohshima, Nobuyuki Sakaue, Takeshi Baba, Masaharu Yoshikawa and Hiromitsu Saisho

Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

For reprints and all correspondence: Akitoshi Kobayashi, Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. E-mail: konino{at}par.odn.ne.jp

Received May 20, 2004; accepted July 24, 2004

We report the case of a 53-year-old female who was admitted for sudden abdominal pain. Her right kidney was resected in 1993 due to renal cell carcinoma. Abdominal computed tomography performed in September 2002, while she was placed under observation, revealed a tumor 40 mm in size that extended from the head to the body of the pancreas. Abdominal ultrasonography on admission indicated retention of ascites, and the aspirated ascites was bloody. Based on this result, spontaneous rupture of a pancreatic tumor was strongly suspected. On abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography, multiple tumors were clearly visualized in the pancreas. Angiography revealed high-density tumor in the early arterial phase. The results of endocrinological tests were normal. Accordingly, the patient was diagnosed with multiple pancreatic metastases of renal cell carcinoma, and total pancreatectomy was performed. Histopathologically, the tumor resected was clear cell carcinoma and corresponded to the renal cell carcinoma resected in 1993. This is a rare case of pancreatic metastasis of renal cell carcinoma that resulted in spontaneous rupture 9 years after nephrectomy.

Key Words: renal cell carcinoma • pancreatic metastasis • rupture


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.