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An Orthotopic Resectional Mouse Model of Pancreatic Cancer
Published on: September 24, 2020
Renal metastasis from pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Lorenzo Martino1, Francesco Martino, Antonio Coluccio
1Department of Urology, Hospital of Chiari, Brescia, Italy. lomagaba@libero.it
Abstract:
The Authors describe a case of a man (68 years) affected by renal metastasis from pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Additional metastases had been detected in the liver, in the spleen and in the small intestine. The man underwent radical nephrectomy (to prevent hematuria), splenectomy and biopsies in liver and small intestine. After surgery the patient refused adjuvant chemotherapy.
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