Solitary pancreatic renal cell carcinoma metastasis
Autops. Case Rep
; 8(2): e2018023, Apr.-May 2018. ilus
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ABSTRACT
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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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Carcinoma
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Metástase Neoplásica
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Autops. Case Rep
Assunto da revista:
Anatomia
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Patologia Cl¡nica
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Patologia Legal
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Portugal
País de publicação:
Brasil