A Case of a Gastric Metastasis of a Renal Cell Carcinoma.
- Author:
Won Ook KO
1
;
Ung Suk YANG
;
Nam Sik KIM
;
Jin Kwang AN
;
Kwang Jin KIM
;
Hyung Wook KIM
;
Won Il PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Bong Seng Memorial Hospital, Busan, Korea. ys112@yahoo.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Renal cell carcinoma;
Stomach;
Metastasis
- MeSH:
Accounting;
Aged;
Anemia;
Carcinoma, Renal Cell;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Melanoma;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Pancreatic Neoplasms;
Renal Veins;
Stomach;
Stomach Neoplasms;
Ulcer;
Veins;
Vena Cava, Inferior
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2008;36(5):288-291
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
