Regression of metastatic hypernephroma.
A 71-year-old woman had massive pulmonary metastases from a right hypernephroma, as shown by a chest roentgenogram. Nine days after nephrectomy, there was no roentgenographic evidence of such metastases. This represents the most rapid regression of clear-cell pulmonary metastases ever reported. Metastases reappeared six months postoperatively and the patient died of widespread metastatic disease 18 months after nephrectomy. The unpredictable behavior of metastatic hypernephroma is discussed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009392:Nephrectomy