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CASE REPORT article

Front. Oncol.

Sec. Surgical Oncology

Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1604170

Case Report: Late Simultaneous Metastasis of Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma to the Ampulla and Breast

Provisionally accepted
Guofeng  DaiGuofeng Dai1Shuya  LiShuya Li1Lei  SunLei Sun2Gangpu  WangGangpu Wang1*
  • 1Fourth People’s Hospital of Jinan, Jinan, China
  • 2Shandong Public Health Clinical Center, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

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We present the case of a 67-year-old female who developed simultaneous metastases to the ampulla of Vater and the breast. Her medical history is significant for a radical nephrectomy performed twenty-one years prior for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The patient was referred for evaluation due to the development of progressive jaundice, fatigue, and weight loss. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen revealed a 40 mm nodule located at the ampulla of Vater, accompanied by dilatation of the bile duct, indicative of obstructive jaundice. Additionally, ultrasonography identified a mass approximately 20 mm in size in the lateral portion of the left breast. The patient underwent a pancreatoduodenectomy to address the ampullary mass and a lumpectomy for the breast lesion. Histological examination of the resected specimens confirmed the diagnosis of metastases from RCC in both the ampulla of Vater and the breast.

Keywords: Renal cell carcinoma, Ampullary mass, obstructive jaundice, metastatic breast cancer, Cancer

Received: 01 Apr 2025; Accepted: 31 Jul 2025.

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* Correspondence: Gangpu Wang, Fourth People’s Hospital of Jinan, Jinan, China

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