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METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA AS A RARE CAUSEOF DUODENAL OBSTRUCTION AND GASTROINTESTINALBLEEDING

IVANA POPOVIĆ ; Požega General County Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Požega, Croatia
ANTONELA MUSLIM ; Dr. Ivo Pedišić General Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Sisak, Croatia
PETRA JURČIĆ ; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Department of Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology, Zagreb, Croatia
MARKO NIKOLIĆ ; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Zagreb, Croatia
IVAN BUDIMIR ; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common primary malignant kidney tumor in adults. The clear cell subtype is most common and has a potential to metastasize to almost any site. Small intestine metastases of RCC are very rare. We report a case of a 58-year-old male patient with duodenal obstruction and gastrointestinal bleeding induced by a metastasis from clear-cell RCC (ccRCC). Although rare, small intestine metastasis from RCC in a patient with medical history of RCC should be considered as a possible cause of acute abdomen. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with deep duodenoscopy and tissue examination should be performed whenever clinically feasible.

Keywords

carcinoma, renal cell; neoplasm metastasis; duodenal obstruction; gastrointestinal bleeding

Hrčak ID:

208548

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/208548

Publication date:

16.11.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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