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Spontaneous Remission Of African Lymphoma.

Burkitt & Kyalwazi, 1967Lymphoma

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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Case Details

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