Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as a gallbladder polyp

Abstract Clear cell renal cell carcinoma accounts for approximately 3% of all adult malignancies and 85% of all primary renal malignancies. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) metastasis to the gallbladder is extremely rare and often presents as a metachronous metastasis following several years...

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Published inDiagnostic histopathology (Oxford, England : 2008) Vol. 23; no. 7; pp. 331 - 333
Main Authors Wong, Willard, Vajpeyi, Rajkumar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.2017
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Pathology
metastasis
clear cell renal cell carcinoma
gallbladder
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Summary:Abstract Clear cell renal cell carcinoma accounts for approximately 3% of all adult malignancies and 85% of all primary renal malignancies. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) metastasis to the gallbladder is extremely rare and often presents as a metachronous metastasis following several years of tumour free disease. We report a case of a 78-year-old female with metastatic ccRCC to the gallbladder. During follow-up ultrasound imaging, a polypoid gallbladder mass was discovered incidentally. The previous medical history is significant for total nephrectomy for left-sided ccRCC 6 years ago. A new suspicious intraluminal polypoid gallbladder mass in a patient with a history significant for clear cell renal cell carcinoma should alert the physician to consider metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
ISSN:1756-2317
1876-7621
DOI:10.1016/j.mpdhp.2017.05.005