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Pylorus-preserving total pancreatectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a case report
Hiroaki Kitade1,2, Hidesuke Yanagida3,4, Masanori Yamada5,6
1Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Takii Hospital, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8507, Japan. kitadeh@takii.kmu.ac.jp.
Introduction:
Resectable isolated multiple metastases to the pancreas from renal cell carcinoma are rare. In this report, we describe a patient with multiple metastases of renal cell carcinoma to the pancreas who was treated with pylorus-preserving total pancreatectomy.
Case Presentation:
The patient was a 58-year-old Asian woman who had undergone right nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma 20 years earlier. In 2008, she was diagnosed with multiple metastases of renal cell carcinoma to the pancreas by abdominal computed tomography during routine follow-up for renal cell carcinoma. (18)F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography showed no accumulation in her body other than the pancreas. Because of concerns about her quality of life after total pancreatectomy, she underwent pylorus-preserving total pancreatectomy. After the resection, her control of blood sugar and quality of life were generally satisfactory. She died as a result of gastrointestinal bleeding 35 months after undergoing pancreatectomy.
Conclusions:
Pancreatic metastasectomy should be considered, even for multiple metastases, when the primary tumor is renal cell carcinoma and the metastatic lesions are isolated.
