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
Right mandible and right maxilla
Personal Characteristics
6 -year-old male african
Clinical Characteristics
Was seen in an up-country hospital by a dental surgeon he had malignant lymphomata involving his right mandible and right maxilla, he was referred to the reporting hospital due to some misunderstanding he was kept in hospital for 5 weeks without chemo during this time there was considered to be no increase in tumor size, and possibly a slight reduction treatment was withheld, but repeated photographs over the next 2 weeks showed no significant changes one dose of cyclophosphamide was given due to the patients far distance from the hospital
Remission Characteristics
Possibly slight reduction in tumor size during original 5 week hospital stay after the dose of cyclophosphamide, both tumors greatly regressed after 3 days and had almost disappeared within 10 days the child was seen tumor free 7 months after treatment and again 7 months later he is presumed to be still well
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
The host tissues can exeright a strong anti-tumor response against this tumor after a sing dose of chemo
Clinical Treatment
None reported
Non-Clinical Treatment
None reported