title: Spontaneous regression of a pulmonary metastasis after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Regressions of metastases following nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma are rare. Most reported cases have involved pulmonary metastases. Hormonal and immunological mechanisms have been postulated. A case is described of a pulmonary metastasis which regressed after nephrectomy and which failed to recur despite the later appearance of new sites of pulmonary metastases. The literature is reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009392:Nephrectomy