Spontaneous Remission Of Solitary Bony Metastasis After Removal Of The Primary Kidney Adenocarcinoma
Journal of Urology 116(6): Dec 1976; 803-804
View Original Source →Abstract
A patient whose clinical diagnosis was inoperable carcinoma of the uterus, yet who demonstrated a degeneration and natural cure of the carcinoma is reported.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
A 49-year-old man
Clinical Characteristics
Right varicocele, painful left arm, osteolytic lesion of the left humerus, vascular metastatic adenocarcinoma of the kidney, tumor on the medial lower pole of the right kidney
Remission Characteristics
Bony lesion had decreased in size. It had completely disappeared on studies 6 months later and has not recurred to date. The lungs have remained free of metastatic disease
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Clinical Treatment
Ligation of the right varicocele, abdominal radical right nephrectomy
Additional Notes
The patient initially presented with a right varicocele and no hematuria, which is extremely rare. He was first seen in 1967 with a ureteral calculus that passed spontaneously. He was seen in August 1970 for a 1 1/2 year history of an enlarging right varicocele and a painful left arm. He was admitted to the hospital for diagnostic study and treatment. Convalescence was uneventful except for a wound infection