Jejunal metastasis of renal cell carcinoma

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2017 Feb;109(2):147-148.

Abstract

A 71-year-old female presented with melena and anemia. She had a past medical history of renal cell carcinoma diagnosed six years earlier and treated with left nephrectomy. Gastroscopy and colonoscopy showed no abnormalities. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the third commonest urological malignancy, and approximately 25-50% of patients develop metastatic disease after surgery of the primary tumor. The most common sites of metastasis involve lung, lymph nodes, liver, bone and adrenal glands.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Capsule Endoscopy
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed