Single gallbladder and multiple pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma sixteen years after nephrectomy

Veronica Ricci; Salvatore Francesco Carbone; Walter Testi; Riccardo Malatesti; Marianna Lo Gatto; Roberto Dell'Avanzato; Chiara Ginanneschi; Luca Volterrani

Single gallbladder and multiple pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma sixteen years after nephrectomy

Chir Ital. 2008 Mar-Apr;60(2):311-4.

Authors

Veronica Ricci¹, Salvatore Francesco Carbone, Walter Testi, Riccardo Malatesti, Marianna Lo Gatto, Roberto Dell'Avanzato, Chiara Ginanneschi, Luca Volterrani

Affiliation

¹ University Radiology, Imaging Department, Third Department of Surgery, Siena University Hospital.

PMID: 18689184

Abstract

We describe a case of female patient presenting with acute biliary symptoms and severe haemobilia due to the presence of a large metastasis in the gallbladder wall from renal cell carcinoma treated by radical nephrectomy 16 years before. CT examination also showed the presence of multiple small round metastases from renal carcinoma in the pancreas, subsequently confirmed surgically and pathologically.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
Female
Gallbladder Neoplasms / diagnosis
Gallbladder Neoplasms / secondary*
Gallbladder Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
Neoplasms, Second Primary* / diagnosis
Neoplasms, Second Primary* / surgery
Nephrectomy*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
Pancreatic Neoplasms / secondary*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
Time Factors