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

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
• Spontaneous regression
• Renal cell carcinoma