[Pancreatic resection for metastatic tumors to the pancreas]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Nov;38(12):2068-70.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report 3 cases of resectable pancreatic metastasis. CASE 1: A 76-year-old woman was followed after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma for 13 years. CT examination demonstrated a high vascular lesion in the pancreatic body and tail. We conducted distal pancreatectomy and diagnosed with metastatic tumor from renal cell carcinoma. She died of liver metastasis 8 years after pancreatic resection. CASE 2: A 64-year-old man, who had undergone right lower lobectomy for lung cancer a year ago, was found to have a mass in the pancreatic tail. We performed distal pancreatectomy and diagnosed with metastatic tumor from lung cancer. He died of lung metastasis 12 months after pancreatic resection. CASE 3: A 62- year-old woman, who had undergone left nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma 3 years ago, was found to have a mass in the pancreatic body. With a diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic tumor from renal cell carcinoma, distal pancreatectomy was done. She died of liver and lung metastases 15 months after pancreatic resection. Long-term survival can be achieved in patients undergoing a pancreatic standard resection including lymphadenectomy for isolated metastasis from nonpancreatic sites.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / secondary
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed