A Case of a Gastric Metastasis of a Renal Cell Carcinoma / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
; : 288-291, 2008.
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in Ko
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ABSTRACT
A gastric metastasis is an extremely rare event accounting for 0.2 to 0.7% of gastric neoplasms seen at necropsy. Primary origins of a gastric metastasis are pancreatic cancers, colon cancers, lung cancers and malignant melanomas. A renal cell carcinoma is renowned for its metastatic potential to spread to almost any organ of the body. However, a gastric metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma is very rare. It is believed that a renal cell carcinoma metastasizes hematogenously and it spreads through a renal vein to the stomach via the inferior vena cava and hemiazygos vein. A metastasis to the stomach is frequently located in the greater curvature of body. Endoscopic findings of a gastric metastasis often resemble a submucosal tumor with or without ulcer. Presenting symptoms are bleeding, anemia, or pyloric obstruction, but often the patient is asymptomatic. We report a case and review of the literature of a metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the stomach in a 71-year-old man who complained of a palpable abdominal mass.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Pancreatic Neoplasms
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Renal Veins
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Stomach
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Stomach Neoplasms
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Ulcer
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Veins
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Vena Cava, Inferior
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell
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Colonic Neoplasms
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Hemorrhage
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article