The lung, the liver, the bone tissue and the brain are the most frequent sites for renal cell carcinoma metastasis.
Small bowel metastasis from renal cell carcinoma is rare, with only few cases published. We report the case of ileal metastasis from operated kidney cancer revealed by ileocolic intussusception and causing intestinal obstruction in a 32-year-old woman.
Written by:
Kerkeni W, Bouzouita A, Jarraya H, Selmi MS, Cherif M, Derouich A, Kourda N, Dziri C, Zermani R, Ben Slama MR, Chebil M. Are you the author?
Service d'urologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, hôpital Charles-Nicolle de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie.
Reference: Prog Urol. 2013 Jan;23(1):73-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2012.08.273
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23287487
Article in French.
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