Spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.
A case of spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases from renal cell carcinoma after nephrectomy is presented. In a 57-year-old Japanese male who had already had pulmonary metastases at the time of nephrectomy, the metastatic lesions disappeared without adjuvant therapy 8 years after nephrectomy. He is still surviving without recurrence or any signs indicative of new metastasis at the present. The clinical aspects of this interesting phenomenon are discussed briefly.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009392:Nephrectomy