Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma with Synchronous Tumor Growth in Azygoesophageal Recess and Duodenum: A Rare Cause of Anemia and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has potential to present with distant metastasis several years after complete resection. The common sites of metastases include the lungs, bones, liver, renal fossa, and brain. RCCs metastasize rarely to the duodenum, and duodenal metastasis presenting with acute gastrointestinal bleed is infrequently reported in literature. We present a case of synchronous presentation of duodenal and azygoesophageal metastasis manifesting as acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding, four years after undergoing nephrectomy for RCC. The patient underwent further workup and was treated with radiation. The synchronous presentation is rare and stresses the importance of searching for recurrence of RCC in patients presenting with acute gastrointestinal bleeding.
Volume
2015
First Page
143934
Last Page
143934
ISSN
2090-6706
Published In/Presented At
Vootla, V. R., Kashif, M., Niazi, M., & Nayudu, S. K. (2015). Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma with Synchronous Tumor Growth in Azygoesophageal Recess and Duodenum: A Rare Cause of Anemia and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Case reports in oncological medicine, 2015, 143934. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/143934
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
26640732
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article