Spontaneous regression of pulmonary and adrenal metastases following percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of a recurrent renal cell carcinoma

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 470-472

  Kim, Heejung ^a   Byung, Kwan Park ^a   Chan, Kyo Kim ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency ablation; Renal cell carcinoma; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54349086584     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.5.470     Document Type: Article

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