DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Recurrent pulmonary metastases
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC, also known as hypernephroma) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, the very small tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products. RCC is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, responsible for approximately 80% of cases. It is also known to be the most lethal of all the genitourinary tumors. Initial treatment is most commonly a radical or partial nephrectomy and remains the mainstay of curative treatment. Where the tumour is confined to the renal parenchyma, the 5-year survival rate is 60-70%, but this is lowered considerably where metastases have spread...
Recurrent pulmonary metastases - List of case studies
- Cancer of Colon with Metastases
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Three months after starting chemotherapy a CT revealed recurrent hepatic disease and celiac lymphadenopathy. He underwent directed ... repeat CT showed progressive disease in the liver and new pulmonary disease. Upon surgical exploration, his liver disease was deemed too ...
- Metastatic Heteroplasia of the Lung
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of the chest and abdomen on April 2009, which showed a pulmonary mass of the posterior basal segment of the inferior lobe of the right ... dose of 740 MBq i.v.) attributable with certainty to acute recurrent lesions. Following the results of the histological examination ...
- Relapse of Chondrosarcoma of Cervical Spine
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59-year-old male, suffering from locally recurrent second degree chondrosarcoma of the cervical spine. Following ... of the mass with microscopically wide margins. The pulmonary parenchyma was covered with tissue in apnea . CAT scan showed ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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pancreatitis Acute perforated appendicitis Acute pulmonary embolism Acute recurrent lesions Acute respiratory failure (post engraftment steroid ...
- Recurrent metastases in malignant tumor of left forearm
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surgery and chemotherapy but subsequently developed pulmonary metastases. The treating doctors recommended a second line chemo approach. ... neoplasia of left forearm The patient has recurrent metastatic solid tumor with unclear etiology. Initial ...