Spontaneous regression of metastatic renal cell carcinoma after cytoreductive nephrectomy: A case report

Urol Case Rep. 2020 Apr 2:31:101179. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101179. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Abstract

We herein report a case involving a 59-year-old man with right lung and mediastinal lymph node metastases from renal cell carcinoma. After cytoreductive nephrectomy without neoadjuvant therapy, he achieved spontaneous regression. The regression was maintained 3 years after the operation. We immunohistochemically examined the surgical specimens and considered the possible mechanism underlying this phenomenon.

Keywords: Cytoreductive nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma; Spontaneous regression.

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  • Case Reports