title: Muscle and small intestinal metastasis of renal cell carcinoma markedly responsive to interferon-alpha therapy: a case report.
abstract: Skeletal muscle and small intestine are rare sites of metastasis in renal cell carcinoma. Therefore very few reports of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) therapy exist for these types of metastasis. Here, a case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma to muscle and jejunum is reported. After IFN-alpha therapy for 9 weeks, muscle metastasis completely disappeared and intestinal lesions were markedly reduced. However, subsequent patient compliance for this therapy was poor, resulting in death after relapse of the RCC.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Fujisawa City Hospital.
authors.forename: Futoshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: Shinpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Teiichiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueki
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitami
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha