[A case of resected renal cell carcinoma with massive pancreatic metastases]

A case of resected renal cell carcinoma with massive pancreatic metastases is reported. A 72-year-old man was diagnosed as suffering from obstructive jaundice. Massive pancreatic tumor and left renal tumor were shown by several kinds of radiological examination. Total pancreatectomy and left nephrectomy were performed. Postoperatively this case was histologically diagnosed as renal cell carcinoma with massive pancreatic metastases. Very few cases of resected renal cell carcinoma with pancreatic metastasis have been reported in the world. In such cases, there is no useful treatment except for resection of both the primary and metastatic lesions.