Table 1

Previously reported examples of duodenal metastasis in patients with renal cell carcinoma

Author

Year

Age/Sex

Duration post-nephrectomy

Presenting symptoms

Other organs involved

Treatment

Patient outcome

Lawson et al [3]

1966

69/F

0 years

Bleeding anemia

-

Pancreatico-duodenectomy

Alive (8 months FU)

Tolia et al [4]

1975

-/M

16 years

-

-

-

5 months

Heymann et al [5]

1978

64/M

8 years

Bleeding

Colon

Complex procedure

3 weeks

McNichols et al [6]

1981

52/M

10 years

Malabsorption

-

Diagnostic only

-

Lynch et al [7]

1987

16/M

1 year

Bleeding

-

Embolization

Alive (6 months FU)

61/M

6 years

Jaundice

-

Embolization

6 months

67/M

2 years

Bleeding

Lungs

-

Lost to FU

Robertson et [8]

1990

70/M

13 years

Bleeding

Pancreas

Whipple procedure

-

Gastaca et al [9]

1996

-

8 years

-

-

Duodenectomy

-

Toh et al [10]

1996

59/F

10 years

Obstruction anemia

-

Metastatectomy

Alive (6 months FU)

Ohmura et al [11]

2000

62/M

5 years

Obstruction

-

Embolization- local resection

-

Hashimoto et al [12]

2001

57/M

11 years

Bleeding

Pancreas

PPPD

-

Nabi et al [13]

2001

40/M

4 years

Obstruction

-

Gastrojujenostomy

7 days

Sawh et al [14]

2002

53/M

6 years

Bleeding

Brain Anal canal

Duodenectomy

Alive (4 years FU)

Loualidi et al [15]

2004

76/M

5 years

Anemia

-

Radiotherapy

Alive

Chang et al [16]

2004

63/F

9 years

Bleeding

-

Metastatectomy

-

George et al [16]

2004

65/M

2 years

Obstruction

Omentum ileum

Intestinal Resection

9 months

Arroyo [17]

2005

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bhatia et al (current)

2006

50/M

1 year

Jaundice

Liver

Diagnostic only

Lost to FU

PPPD = Pylorus preserving pancreatico-duodenectomy, FU = Follow up

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