Spontaneous Regression Of The Metastasis Of Renal Carcinoma
Revista Clinica Espanola 158(3-4): Aug 15-31 1980; 163-166
View Original Source →Abstract
The rare phenomenon of spontaneous regression of metastatic carcinoma is reported most commonly in association with renal adenocarcinoma. In 61 of the 68 reported cases the lungs have been the site of metastatic disease, and in only six of these cases had regression been reported before treatment. We report a further such case, and discuss the associated reversible hepatic dysfunction.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
72-year-old woman, t.t.g., general symptoms of discomfort, anorexia, asthenia and loss of weight, ucl and diabetes, a large decubitis ulcer of 6 centimeters in diameter is in the sacral region
Clinical Characteristics
Multiple metastases of the lung, renal carcinoma diagnosed histologically, thyroid: cannot palpate the left lobe, the right lobe palpates much enlarged and consistently multinodular, a terminal mass superior to the left kidney, not homogeneous after the injection of the assay which suggested a vascularized tumor with necrotic areas
Remission Characteristics
Notable decrease of the large pulmonary metastasis, most of the pulmonary metastases were diminished in size and others had disappeared
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Spontaneous reversion
Clinical Treatment
Chemotherapy was planned but not performed due to patient's decreasing stress
Additional Notes
The kidney in this case was not removed, the metastases disappeared without surgery or treatment of the primary tumor