Metachronous Isolated Pancreatic Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma

, Haewon Lee; , Kihong Lim; , Hyeungjoon Choi; , Sungjune Kim; , Donghoon Noh; , Minchul Cho; , Hyoungkeun Park; , Kwangsoo Lee

Case Report

The Korean Journal of Urological Oncology 2011;9(2):91-94.
Published online August 30, 2011.

Metachronous Isolated Pancreatic Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma

Haewon Lee ¹, Kihong Lim ¹, Hyeungjoon Choi ¹, Sungjune Kim ¹, Donghoon Noh ¹, Minchul Cho ¹, Hyoungkeun Park ², Kwangsoo Lee ¹

⁰Department of Urology, Korea
¹Department of Urology, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea
²Department of Urology, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Chungju, Korea

Correspondence: Kwangsoo Lee

Abstract

Pancreatic metastasis from any primary tumor is rare and tumors that most commonly metastasize to the pancreas are lung, kidney and breast cancers. There is currently very limited experience with the surgical resection of isolated pancreatic metastasis(isPMs). Metastasis only to the pancreas is commonly associated with a relatively good prognosis because in such patients this localization typically develops a prolonged period after the initial renal cell carcinoma(RCC) diagnosis. The authors report a case of RCC of the right kidney with solitary metachronous metastasis to the pancreas which occurred 39 months after radical nephrectomy. (Korean J Urol Oncol 2011;9:91-94)

Key Words: Renal cell carcinoma, Pancreas, Metastasis