Spontaneous Regression Of Breast Carcinoma
Archives of Internal Medicine 138(11): Nov 1978; 1734-1735
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Personal Characteristics
60-year-old woman, had an abdominal hysterectomy without oophorectomy 15 years before the development of the breast mass
Clinical Characteristics
Retraction of the areola of the left breast, a 6.5 x 6.5 centimeter central breast mass with skin fixation, peau d’orange, and nipple retraction, two 1.5 x 1.5 centimeter palpable axillary nodes, a 1 x 1 centimeter node in the left supraclavicular area, left pleural effusion, lytic metastases in the eighth and ninth right ribs
Remission Characteristics
No evidence of a pleural effusion on chest x-ray film, lytic metastases of the ribs showed definite evidence of healing, remained free of metastatic disease
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Immunological factors
Clinical Treatment
Received radiation therapy in a dose of 5,000 rads in five weeks to the left breast and regional lymph nodes
Additional Notes
The patient did not receive any form of hormonal manipulation or systemic chemotherapy. The patient did not receive any further therapy after radiation. The patient did not agree to have any further tests done.