Tumor Regression In A Patient With Metastatic Gastric Cancer: Communication Of An Additional Case
Rebollo, J., Llorente, I., & Yoldi, A. (1990). Regresión tumoral espotaneousánea en un paciente con cancer gástrico metastásico. Comunicación de un caso adicional. Revista De Medicina De La Universidad De Navarra, 34(3), 141-142. https://doi.org/10.15581/021.7361
View Original Source →Abstract
A new case of spontaneous tumor regression in a patient with a metastatic gastric carcinoma, associated to an infectious abscess in the abdominal wall is presented. Streptococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus were isolated in the abscess. This interesting case is the third patient that fulfils spontaneous regression criteria associated to infection identified at the University Clinic of Navarra.
Case Details
Disease Location
Stomach + liver mets
Personal Characteristics
77-year-old female. History of dm type 2 in treatment with insulin
Clinical Characteristics
Diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma. CT and gamma didn't show any tumor. 1 year later, abdominal us showed multiple solid-like masses in both liver lobes. That same year the patient was admitted again because an infection in the surgical side had developed. Strepatientococcus faecalis was found. After that, another infection secondary to s. Aures developed
Remission Characteristics
During ssi hospitalization, abdominal CT did not find any masses.
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Immune reaction against s. Aures
Clinical Treatment
Total gastrectomy radiotherapy