title: Spontaneous regression of choroidal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a patient with choroidal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma that spontaneously regressed after nephrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 48-year-old Hispanic woman presented with reduced vision in the left eye attributable to an elevated choroidal lesion and associated exudative retinal detachment. Oncology workup revealed a left kidney renal cell carcinoma with pulmonary metastases. The patient underwent primary nephrectomy, without specific treatment of choroidal or pulmonary metastases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The metastatic choroidal lesion regressed and the retinal detachment completely resolved, as evidenced by fundus photographs and ultrasonography.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Choroidal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma may spontaneously regress after removal of the primary tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
authors.forename: Amjad M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hammad
authors.forename: Gianmarco R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.forename: Wichard A J
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: van Heuven
authors.forename: Ian M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Fitzsimmons
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000556:secondary; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity