Volume 71 Number 2 March 2004	back to contents

From the Departments of 1 Oncology, 2 Surgery, and 3 Gastroenterology, 251 Hellenic Force Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Address all correspondence to George H. Sakorafas, M.D., Arkadias 19–21, GR–115 26 Athens, Greece; e-mail: georgesakorafas@yahoo.com

Accepted for publication June 2003.

ABSTRACT

Intestinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are rare. Clinical presentation includes intestinal obstruction, bleeding, or perforation. Management should be aggressive, since the prognosis of RCC is unpredictable and metastasectomy can extend patient survival. We present a patient with intestinal obstruction and bleeding caused by intestinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma and summarize the surgical procedures employed. The relevant literature is briefly reviewed.

KEYWORDS

Small bowel obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding, renal cell carcinoma, intestinal metastases.

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