A unique presentation of renal cell carcinoma: both upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.31, no.11, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 31 Issue: 11
- Publication Date: 2013
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.06.022
- Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) constitutes 3% of all adult malignancies and may present with various symptoms due to local growth, metastasis, and paraneoplastic syndrome. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage because of RCC is a very rare event and more commonly seen as a recurrence of RCC many years after nephrectomy. Both upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to direct invasion of RCC has not been reported yet in the literature. Herein, we report a case of 78-year-old man with both massive upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding as a presenting symptom of RCC.