Spontaneous Remission Of African Lymphoma.
Burkitt, D. P., & Kyalwazi, S. K. (1967). spontaneous remission of African lymphoma. British journal of cancer, 21(1), 14–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1967.2
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Disease Location
Breast and right shoulder
Personal Characteristics
36 -year-old female african was breast feeding a 5 months old child
Clinical Characteristics
Admitted in april 1966 with a massive bilateral breast lymphomata and a tumor on her right shoulder these tumors had been present for 2 months, and a biopsy had been taken at another hospital before her arrival, but a second biopsy was taken both biopsys showed the typical features of african lymphoma therapy was postponed
Remission Characteristics
The patient did not return for 6 weeks, and when she did there was no evidence of the tumor she was last seen in mid-august when she was symptom free
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
No major mechanism proposed
Clinical Treatment
None reported
Non-Clinical Treatment
None reported