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Robotic treatment of oligometastatic kidney tumor with synchronous pancreatic metastasis: case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The management of metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) has changed dramatically in the last 20 years, and the role of surgery in the immunotherapy's era is under debate. Metastatic lesions interesting pancreas are infrequent, but those harbouring from RCC have an high incidence. If metachronous resections are not rare, synchronous resection of primary RCC and its pancreatic metastasis is uncommonly reported, and accounts for a bad prognosis. CASE PRESENTATION:We report the case of a 68 years old woman, who presented hematuria at hospital incoming, with radiological appearance of a 13 cm left renal mass, with a 2.5 cm single pancreatic tail metastasis. Work-up of staging ruled out other distant metastases, urothelial cancer and there was no evidence of inferior vena cava thrombosis. We choose a 5-port trans-peritoneal robotic approach using lazy right lateral decubitus. Synchronous robotic radical nephrectomy and spleen-sparing pancreatic resection was performed. The pancreatic mass was completely enucleated from pancreatic parenchyma using a latero-medial dissection. Peri-operative hemoglobine loss was 2.4 g/dL. Total operative time was 213 min. No post-operative complications were recorded and patient was discharged in 7th post-operative day. Histopathological examination showed a pT2b N0 M1 RCC, Fuhrman grade II, with pancreatic tail metastasis; both, primary and metastatic lesions had the same histological characteristics with negative surgical margins. After 9 months patient had no evidence of disease recurrence at radiological studies. CONCLUSIONS:The rationale for surgical removal of disseminated tumor, followed by immunotherapy, includes improving prognosis and enhancing the potential of an immune-mediated response to systemic treatment. A spleen-sparing procedure can adequately preserve post-operative immunologic capabilities. In our experience, the correct assessment of pre-operative imaging data and surgeon skills in robotic surgery seem to play a key role in the success of these procedures. Robotic surgery seems to enhance the possibility to control multiple vessels encountered during dissection. Such a conservative approach may be helpful in future research aimed at uncovering biological features, and also leading to better targeted preventive interventions and more individualized and effective treatments.

SUBMITTER: Boni A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5998557 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Robotic treatment of oligometastatic kidney tumor with synchronous pancreatic metastasis: case report and review of the literature.

Boni Andrea A Cochetti Giovanni G Ascani Stefano S Del Zingaro Michele M Quadrini Francesca F Paladini Alessio A Cocca Diego D Mearini Ettore E

BMC surgery 20180613 1

<h4>Background</h4>The management of metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) has changed dramatically in the last 20 years, and the role of surgery in the immunotherapy's era is under debate. Metastatic lesions interesting pancreas are infrequent, but those harbouring from RCC have an high incidence. If metachronous resections are not rare, synchronous resection of primary RCC and its pancreatic metastasis is uncommonly reported, and accounts for a bad prognosis.<h4>Case presentation</h4>We report ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) accounts for 90% of all pancreatic carcinomas. Prognosis is poor with a worldwide five-year survival rate of 2-9%. Extent of metastasis is a prognostic factor. Most common metastatic sites include the liver, peritoneum, lung, and bones. We report a case of distant metastasis of PDAC to the left choroid.Case descriptionThis patient is a 59-year-old Caucasian male who initially presented with right flank pain progressing to exercise and activity impairment. Abdominal computed tomography scan showed a pancreatic tail mass subsequently confirmed as PDAC via endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration. Prior to treatment initiation, patient was referred to ophthalmology for acute vision changes. Evaluation revealed left eye pigmentary changes overlying subretinal fluid (SRF) along with peripheral retinal depigmentation indicative of choroidal metastasis. As of this report submission, patient has completed his initial 6-month course of gemcitabine/paclitaxel protein-bound/cisplatin with partial response. He remains active on his second line of chemotherapy. Visual disturbances and evidence of choroidal metastasis continue to resolve.ConclusionsPDAC is often identified at a late stage, with metastasis or local advancement identified in 80-85% of first diagnoses. This is thought to account for its poor median survival of two to eleven months. The retinal choroid is an extremely rare site of PDAC metastasis, with less than ten cases reported in literature. In this patient, the choroid was the first confirmed metastatic site and represented distant metastasis. Nevertheless, this patient continues to do well and is expected to exceed the upper bound median survival of 11 months following systemic chemotherapy. From this case, we note that distant metastasis prior to treatment initiation may not predict worse prognosis. Systemic chemotherapy was effective in both primary tumor shrinkage as well as regression of choroidal metastasis, leading to improvement in visual symptoms. This suggests that while choroidal metastasis should not be missed in patients with PDAC, systemic chemotherapy may be effective in mitigating collateral symptomatology and thus preserving quality of life.

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