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Metastasis to Pancreatic tail, RCC

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So another challenging case here.

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On T2 weighted images, as we scroll through,

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we can see a lesion in the pancreatic tail,

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which is expanding the entire parenchyma.

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It is showing some kind of heterogeneous

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T2 weighted intermediate to

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hyperintensity scattered here and there.

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It is well-defined, well-circumscribed, uh, within

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the parenchymal outline of the pancreas, but it

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is. And as we scroll further, we can see another

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deposits in the left paracolic gutter, which has

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some tortuous vessels along with the periphery.

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And if we follow these vessels, some of

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these vessels are actually traversing

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towards the same area in the pancreatic

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tail, uh, which we have seen earlier.

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And then, um, in the right adrenal

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gland, we can see a cystic lesion, uh,

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surrounded by a rim of soft tissue.

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In addition to that, we can see some

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of the lesions in the right kidney,

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for example, this one in the right upper pole.

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And there are some scattered areas of

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heterogeneous intensity on T2 weighted

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images, those look very concerning.

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So once we have this kind of broad picture

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in our mind, we can quickly move to the

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coronal images and see how they look here.

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On T2 weighted coronal images,

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we can see the lesions once again,

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they are looking suspicious, right?

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Lower pole, lower pole.

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Right upper pole looks more complex.

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Cystic lesion in the right adrenal gland,

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a lesion in the pancreatic tail, which is closely

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abutting the surface of the stomach, and the left

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upper quadrant lesion, uh, in the paracolic

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gutter with tortuous vessels, those are draining

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towards the lesion in the pancreatic tail.

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And we can quickly confirm these

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findings on post-contrast images.

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And we can see this lesion is hyper-enhancing.

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There are a few deposits along with

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the periphery of the pancreas.

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Outside the anticipated outline,

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those tortuous vessels can be

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easily seen on post-contrast images.

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They are connecting these two lesions together.

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So that is very obvious that that

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deposit actually came from this place.

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And then we can see this hyper-enhancing region

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in the right lower pole, uh, which extends

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up to the mid-pole, uh, or interpolar region.

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And as soon as we reach the upper pole, we can

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see that enhancing lesion looks very suspicious.

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But in addition to that, we can find some of

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the other areas, those who are not seen on

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T2-weighted images, are those that happen enhancing

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and they look separate from the parenchyma.

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It looks like this right kidney

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is developing multifocal RCCs.

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And the left kidney is missing,

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likely due to prior surgery because of the RCC.

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Now, a patient presenting with multiple

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deposits in the pancreatic tail, left

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paracolic gutter, and the right adrenal gland.

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In addition to that, there are

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multiple RCCs in the right kidney.

Report

Faculty

Neeraj Lalwani, MD, FSAR, DABR

Associate Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University Health and School of Medicine

Tags

Pancreas

Neoplastic

MRI

Body

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