title: [A case of spontaneous disappearance of pulmonary metastasis of renal cell carcinoma following nephrectomy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hyogo College of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ikoma
mesh_terms: 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