Spontaneous Regression Of Lung Metastases From Renal-cell Cancer: Myth Or Reality?; A Report Of Two Cases
Annales DUrologie 20(4): 1986; 275-279
View Original Source →Abstract
The second case of spontaneous remission of a biopsy-proven osseous metastasis from a renal carcinoma is reported. The unusual feature of the patient presenting with a right varicocele and no hematuria is extremely rare.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
A 49-year-old man
Clinical Characteristics
Lumbar pains on the right side, macroscopic hematuria, palpable masses in the area of the right lumbar cavity, tumor of the right kidney, pleuropulmonary staphylococci infection, nodules resembling metastases in lung
Remission Characteristics
Nodules disappeared 3 weeks later
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Clinical Treatment
Radical nephrectomy with a partial cavectomy, antibiotics, bronchoscopy and fibroscopy
Additional Notes
The patient survived for another 5 years; the bronchoscopic and radioscopic tests were normal, and his general health was excellent.