[Metastatic lung cancer from renal cell carcinoma effectively treated by bronchial artery embolization]

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1995 Dec;33(12):1459-63.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 55-year-old man was admitted to the International Medical Center of Japan because of obstructive pneumonia in the right middle and lower lobes. His left kidney had been removed 3 years earlier because of renal cell carcinoma. Metastatic lung cancer from renal cell carcinoma was diagnosed. Bronchial artery embolization was done twice with sponges, because the tumor was thought to be resistant to interferon. Three days after the second embolization, the tumor was removed through the trachea, and atelectasis was relieved. Bronchial artery embolization may be useful for treatment of metastatic lung cancer from renal cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bronchial Arteries*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / blood supply
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / therapy*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Interferons / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Interferons