SPONTANEOUS REGRESSION OF RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA METASTASES AFTER PREOPERATIVE EMBOLIZATION OF PRIMARY TUMOR AND SUBSEQUENT NEPHRECTOMY

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作者
MOHR, SJ
WHITESEL, JA
机构
[1] Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, CO
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10.1016/0090-4295(79)90201-2
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R5 [内科学]; R69 [泌尿科学(泌尿生殖系疾病)];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Preoperative arterial embolization and infarction of a large renal cell carcinoma followed by radical nephrectomy seven days later led to spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases. However, a cerebral metastatic deposit manifested itself fourteen months after surgery, requiring craniotomy. Presently, the patient is alive and well with no evidence of disease twenty-one months after his original surgery. The immunologic implications of this favorable response to treatment are discussed, and immunologic testing of similar cases is encouraged. © 1979.
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