Two Cases of Pancreatic Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma and Review of the Literature

Renal cancer carcinoma is widely considered as one of the most complex and complicated human tumors, due to its variety in presentation, as well as its dangerous aggression. The situation becomes understandably worse after the development of metastatic sites in surrounding organs. The most common “destination” for such malignancy is the pancreas. In this report, we depict two patients who presented with metastatic renal carcinoma on their pancreas. The first case describes the condition of a patient, who underwent distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy, after the identification of two metastatic sites (on the tail and head). The second case concerns a patient, who presented with a solitary metastatic tumor on the body of the pancreas. Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy was decided as the treatment option. Unfortunately, the presence of renal cancer metastatic sites makes the survival rates significantly lower. Thus, diagnostic methods need to be as fast and effective as possible, so as to plan an efficient therapeutic method without any delay.