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Spontaneous regression of primary renal cell carcinoma following image-guided percutaneous biopsy.

Authors :
Dickerson EC
Davenport MS
Liu PS
Source :
Clinical imaging [Clin Imaging] 2015 May-Jun; Vol. 39 (3), pp. 520-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Oct 16.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Spontaneous regression of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a rare but well-described clinical phenomenon; spontaneous regression of nonmetastatic RCC has been reported far less frequently. We present three cases of primary RCC that regressed spontaneously following the image-guided biopsy that established their diagnosis. We briefly review the literature describing spontaneous regression of both primary and metastatic RCC and emphasize how knowledge of this phenomenon may be useful for abdominal imagers that perform renal biopsy or interpret postbiopsy follow-up studies.<br /> (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1873-4499
Volume :
39
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Clinical imaging
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
25457521
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.08.002