[A case of spontaneous disappearance of pulmonary metastasis of renal cell carcinoma following nephrectomy].
A 76-year-old man was admitted to our hospital on October 3, 1988 complaining of general fatigue and left flank pain. A large movable mass was palpable in his left flank. Intravenous pyelography and computerized tomography confirmed left renal tumor. Chest X-ray showed a coin lesion in the left lung. Left nephrectomy was performed on October 14, 1988. Histopathological diagnosis was adenocarcinoma of clear cell type. Chest X-rays, on the postoperative eleventh day, showed disappearance of the pulmonary coin lesion which was seen preoperatively. Recurrence of pulmonary metastasis has not been seen for 14 months after operation.
Koike
H
H
Department of Urology, Hyogo College of Medicine.
Yoshimoto
T
T
Takiuchi
H
H
Ihara
H
H
Arima
M
M
Mori
Y
Y
Ikoma
F
F
D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary