Spontaneous Regression of Pulmonary and Adrenal Metastases Following Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of a Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma

• Published in: Korean journal of radiology Vol. 9; no. 5; pp. 470 - 472
• Main Authors: Kim, Heejung, Park, Byung Kwan, Kim, Chan Kyo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Radiology 01.09.2008; 대한영상의학회
• Subjects: Abdomen; Ablation; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - secondary; Aged, 80 and over; Cancer therapies; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - secondary; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - surgery; Case Report; Case reports; Catheter Ablation; Electrodes; Humans; Interferon; Kidney cancer; Kidney Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Kidney Neoplasms - pathology; Kidney Neoplasms - surgery; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Lung Neoplasms - secondary; Male; Metastasis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Patients; Remission, Spontaneous; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tumors; 방사선과학
• ISSN: 1229-6929; 2005-8330
• DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.5.470

The spontaneous regression of metastatic lesions from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is extremely rare, but may be encountered following cytoreductive treatments. We report a case of a recurrent RCC with multiple metastatic lesions which spontaneously regressed after undergoing radiofrequency ablation of the renal tumor.