INTRODUCTION: Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of pancreas is an unusual low-grade malignant epithelial tumor that usually occurs in young women and can be treated with surgical resection.
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common solid lesion of the kidney and primarily a disease of the elderly patient.
PRESENTATION OF CASE: In this article we present a case of RCC with concomitant SPT of the pancreas who was treated successfully with a radical nephrectomy and distal pancreatectomy.
DISCUSSION: RCC with concomitant SPT may associated in β-catenin gene mutation. But no prior reports have described RCC with concomitant SPT of the pancreas in the same patient.
CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of RCC with concomitant SPT of the pancreas in the same patient.
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Atilgan D, Kilic S, Kayaoglu HA, Koseoglu RD. Are you the author?
Gaziosmanpasa University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, Tokat, Turkey.
Reference: Int J Surg Case Rep. 2013;4(10):828-30.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.06.011
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23959410
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