Kim S W, Wylie J
Department of Clinical Oncology, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 4BX, UK.
Sarcoma. 2008;2008:940656. doi: 10.1155/2008/940656. Epub 2008 Dec 3.
Spontaneous regression of cancer is a rare phenomenon. We present a rare case of pulmonary metastases in a 72-year-old woman with metastatic breast angiosarcoma. She was diagnosed with a breast angiosarcoma in 2005 and underwent a total mastectomy and postoperative radiotherapy. Unfortunately, a year later she was found to have multiple lung and scalp metastases but in a view of her poor general fitness, she was not a candidate for chemotherapy and was kept on regular followup. Despite the absence of any treatment, the followup chest X-ray showed a significant reduction in the number and size of lung nodules and her scalp lesions regressed completely. Seven months after the diagnosis of metastatic disease, the nodules in her scalp remain controlled.
癌症的自发消退是一种罕见现象。我们报告一例72岁患有转移性乳腺血管肉瘤的女性发生肺转移的罕见病例。她于2005年被诊断为乳腺血管肉瘤，并接受了全乳房切除术和术后放疗。不幸的是，一年后她被发现有多处肺和头皮转移，但鉴于她总体健康状况较差，她不适合进行化疗，因此接受定期随访。尽管未进行任何治疗，但随访胸部X光显示肺结节的数量和大小显著减少，且她的头皮病变完全消退。在诊断为转移性疾病七个月后，她头皮上的结节仍得到控制。
