A Case Of Apparent Disappearance Of Carcinoma Of Cervix
Lancet 1: Feb 10 1917; 224
View Original Source →Abstract
A case of choriocarcinoma with two unusual features is described: one is concerned with the 9-year dormancy of the trophoblastic elements, and the other with spontaneous regression of extensive pulmonary metastases originating from choriocarcinoma of the cervical stump.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
Married woman aged 45, thin
Clinical Characteristics
Left breast amputated for cancer in 1914, symptoms of uterine cancer appeared in july 1916, nodules developed in the operation scar, offensive vaginal discharge tinged with blood, obstinate constipation and vomiting, painful and difficult micturition, pain in the left sciatic nerve, extensive ulceration of the cervix, carcinomatous in character, uterus was fixed in the pelvis and appeared immovable
Remission Characteristics
Nodules in the scar disappeared in september, nothing abnormal in the cervix, uterus is now freely movable, constipation and vomiting have quite ceased
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Clinical Treatment
Left breast amputated for cancer in 1914, palliative treatment combined with enemas and vaginal douches
Non-Clinical Treatment
Vaginal injections of an infusion of wild violet leaves [viola quercitrin], and the patient also took a little infusion of the violet leaves internally
Additional Notes
The patient is still experiencing pains in the left sciatic nerve area, and is exceedingly thin. She is taking plenty of nourishment and the pain in the nerve is not so great as to require morphia. She sits up in a chair daily.