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Erythrocytosis and renal cell carcinoma with pulmonary metastases: Case report with 18‐year followup and brief discussion of literature
Author(s) -
Downing Virginia,
Levine Samuel
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197506)35:6<1701::aid-cncr2820350632>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - medicine , renal cell carcinoma , carcinoma , general surgery , surgery , oncology
A 42‐year‐old man was admitted to the Cancer Division of the American Medical Center in February, 1956. He had been treated for erythrocytosis beginning 6 months previously, with reduction of his hemoglobin to relatively normal values. On admission, a huge tumor of the left kidney was palpable. Roentgenograms of the chest demonstrated small bilateral pulmonary metastases. A left nephrectomy was performed, followed by wedge resection of a total of 16 metastatic nodules, 12 of which showed metastatic renal carcinoma. It is now 18 years since the last thoracotomy and the patient is well, leading a normal life, and free of any demonstrable malignant disease and any evidence of erythrocytosis.