Synchronous Duodenal and Pancreatic Metastases From Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma 18 Years After Nephrectomy: A Case Report
Ankit Kulkarni, Suhail Sapkota, Sai Sushrutha Mudupula Vemula, Shreya Motkur, Adarsh Jha, Rutwik Pradeep Sharma, Sumugdha Rayamajhi · 2026
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Ankit Kulkarni and co-authors report kidney cancer that returned in two organs eighteen years after surgery. Their 2026 case report describes a sixty-three-year-old man who came in with black stools and severe anemia. He had lost a kidney to clear cell renal cell carcinoma nearly two decades earlier.
Scans and biopsy showed the cancer had spread to both the duodenum and the pancreas at the same time. The growths mimicked a primary cancer of the pancreatic and bile duct area, a known trap with this disease. Surgeons removed the head of the pancreas and the duodenum in one large operation. The authors stress that this cancer can recur very late, and that full removal can still be the right call despite high surgical risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ankit Kulkarni, Suhail Sapkota, Sai Sushrutha Mudupula Vemula, Shreya Motkur, Adarsh Jha, Rutwik Pradeep Sharma, Sumugdha Rayamajhi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |