Spontaneous disappearance of multiple lung metastases after nephroureterectomy from sarcomatoid carcinoma of the renal pelvis: A case report

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-78

  Masue, Naruyasu ^a,d   Hasegawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Moriyama, Yohji ^b   Ikeda, Yohko ^a   Gotoh, Takahiro ^c   Deguchi, Takashi ^c  

^a Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Gifu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple lung metastases; Renal pelvic carcinoma; Sarcomatoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE CYTOLOGY;

CARCINOMA; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEPHRECTOMY; URETER;

EID: 33845609272     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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