Venkatram Sindhaghatta, Sinha Nupur, Hashmi Hafiz, Niazi Masooma, Diaz-Fuentes Gilda
*Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine ‡Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center †Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY.
J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2017 Jan;24(1):70-74. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000232.
Spontaneous regression (SR) of cancer refers to partial or complete disappearance of a malignant tumor in the absence of treatment or in the presence of therapy, which is considered inadequate to exert a significant influence on the growth of neoplastic disease. SR is a very rare phenomenon in primary lung cancers. Follow-up of these patients is generally either by imaging or bronchoscopy. We present a patient with SR of an endobronchial carcinoid, followed by serial bronchoscopies and biopsy over a 24-month period.
癌症的自发消退（SR）是指在没有治疗或虽有治疗但被认为对肿瘤性疾病生长没有显著影响的情况下，恶性肿瘤部分或完全消失。SR在原发性肺癌中是一种非常罕见的现象。对这些患者的随访通常通过影像学或支气管镜检查进行。我们报告一例支气管内类癌自发消退的患者，并在24个月内对其进行了系列支气管镜检查和活检。
