Disappearance Of Metastases Following Nephrectomy For Carcinoma
Oklahoma State Medical Association. Journal 53(10): Oct 1960; 674-677
View Original Source →Abstract
Host resistance affects the development of malignant tumors, as do the biologic potential of the tumor and genetic factors. However, the exact reasons for disappearance of metastatic lesions after removal of the primary tumor are not clear. In the present case, as in many another reported in the literature, metastatic pulmonary lesions from a hypernephroma disappeared after the primary tumor was excised.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
59-year-old male, well-developed, thin, white male
Clinical Characteristics
Reducible scrotal hernia, urinary frequency, dysuria, gross, total, painless hematuria, weight loss, large, firm, non-tender, fixed mass in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, left scrotal hernia, normal prostate, non-functioning left kidney, metastatic pulmonary lesions
Remission Characteristics
Almost complete disappearance of the pulmonary metastases 10 months postoperatively
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Clinical Treatment
Left nephrectomy, inguinal herniorrhaphy
Additional Notes
The patient was doing well 14 months post nephrectomy with no clinical or x-ray evidence of malignancy