TY - JOUR
T1 - Pancreatic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma extending into the main pancreatic duct
T2 - A case report
AU - Yachida, Shinichi
AU - Fukushima, Noriyoshi
AU - Kanai, Yae
AU - Nimura, Satoshi
AU - Shimada, Kazuaki
AU - Yamamoto, Junji
AU - Sakamoto, Michiie
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for the Second Term Comprehensive 10-Year Strategy for Cancer Control from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan.
PY - 2002/8/1
Y1 - 2002/8/1
N2 - While metastasis to the pancreas is uncommon, it may occur from renal cell carcinomas (RCCs). We here present a case of pancreatic metastasis from RCC extending into the main pancreatic duct (MPD) in a 66-year-old Japanese man. The patient had a history of RCC treated with a radical nephrectomy 17 years previously and was found to have a mass ∼2 cm in diameter in the body of the pancreas on radiological images. The patient was suspected of having pancreatic metastasis from RCC and underwent a distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy. Histologically, the tumor consisted of cells arranged in trabecular and alveolar structures with clear or eosinophilic granular cytoplasm, compatible with a metastatic RCC. The pancreatic tumor extended into the MPD with the stream of pancreatic juice. This condition is similar to RCC extension into the renal vein and the inferior vena cava. In conclusion, although extension into the MPD may be rare, such a growth pattern may be characteristic of metastases from RCCs.
AB - While metastasis to the pancreas is uncommon, it may occur from renal cell carcinomas (RCCs). We here present a case of pancreatic metastasis from RCC extending into the main pancreatic duct (MPD) in a 66-year-old Japanese man. The patient had a history of RCC treated with a radical nephrectomy 17 years previously and was found to have a mass ∼2 cm in diameter in the body of the pancreas on radiological images. The patient was suspected of having pancreatic metastasis from RCC and underwent a distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy. Histologically, the tumor consisted of cells arranged in trabecular and alveolar structures with clear or eosinophilic granular cytoplasm, compatible with a metastatic RCC. The pancreatic tumor extended into the MPD with the stream of pancreatic juice. This condition is similar to RCC extension into the renal vein and the inferior vena cava. In conclusion, although extension into the MPD may be rare, such a growth pattern may be characteristic of metastases from RCCs.
KW - Main pancreatic duct
KW - Pancreatic metastasis
KW - Renal cell carcinoma
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U2 - 10.1093/jjco/hyf066
DO - 10.1093/jjco/hyf066
M3 - Article
C2 - 12411571
AN - SCOPUS:0036690415
SN - 0368-2811
VL - 32
SP - 315
EP - 317
JO - Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 8
ER -
