title: Immediate improvement of a persistent cough after tumor embolization for renal cell carcinoma--a rare manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome.
abstract: We report an interesting case of a patient with renal cell carcinoma who developed a refractory cough, which immediately resolved after tumor embolization. Patient's symptoms including low-grade fever, weight loss, and abnormal laboratory results also improved shortly after subsequent nephrectomy. The clinical manifestations of the patient are most likely representing paraneoplastic syndrome secondary to renal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Japan Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. akfujikawa@aol.com
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: Yuichirou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Daidoh
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taoka
authors.forename: Shouhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed