Metastatic cancer to the pancreas is rare and accounts for less than 2% of all pancreatic malignancies.
Renal cell cancer, malignant melanoma, lung, colon and breast carcinoma are among the few tumors known to metastasize to the pancreas. The pancreas is a rare site of solitary metastasis, but it is often involved in diffuse metastatic disease. We report a case of a female patient with a solitary mass in the neck of the pancreas following right nephrectomy performed 6 years previously for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). An endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealed a well-defined lesion in the neck of the pancreas. Patient underwent EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration and cytopathology confirmed the diagnosis of a metastatic RCC. Solitary pancreatic metachronous metastasis from RCC may rarely occur. The interval between nephrectomy and pancreatic metastasis may be long.
Written by:
Okasha HH, Al-Gemeie EH, Mahdy RE. Are you the author?
Internal Medicine Department, Cairo University, Egypt; Cytology Department of National Cancer Institute, Egypt; Internal Medicine Department, Assiut University, Egypt.
Reference: Endosc Ultrasound. 2013 Oct;2(4):222-4.
doi: 10.4103/2303-9027.121248
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24949400
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