Pancreatic metastasis of renal cell carcinoma.
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Date publication
septembre 2011
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr LANG Hervé, Pr ROY Catherine
Tous les auteurs :
Chaudron V, Benhaim R, Renard C, Bachelier P, Lang H, Roy C
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
Pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are rare and often asymptomatic. They usually appear a decade or so after the primary tumor. A long, ideally life-long, follow-up is required. The preoperative diagnosis is based on the medical history of the tumor after previous resection and the CT scan with injection which shows early contrast uptake. It can also evidence heterogeneous lesions. Neuroendocrine tumors are the only differential diagnosis. Surgical removal can improve the survival rate. Hence, we advocate curative resections when feasible. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Référence
. 2011 Sep;51(4):206-15.