Spontaneous regression of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a well-recognized and interesting phenomenon that is poorly understood and rarely documented.
There are very few reported cases of spontaneously regressed primary RCC. We present a 63-year-old male with a biopsy-proven RCC that regressed with complete resolution of symptoms.
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Jawanda GG, Drachenberg D. Are you the author?
Department of Surgery, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, MB.
Reference: Can Urol Assoc J. 2012 Oct;6(5):E203-5.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.11035
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23093646
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