spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases from breast angiosarcoma从乳腺血管肉瘤肺转移的自然回归.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Sarcoma Volume 2008, Article ID 940656, 4 pages doi:10.1155/2008/940656 Case Report Spontaneous Regression of Pulmonary Metastases from Breast Angiosarcoma S. W. Kim and J. Wylie Department of Clinical Oncology, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 4BX, UK Correspondence should be addressed to S. W. Kim, su.kim@christie.nhs.uk Received 19 July 2008; Accepted 11 October 2008 Recommended by Alberto Pappo 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. Copyright © 2008 S. W. Kim and J. Wylie. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1. INTRODUCTION electron boost to the scar of 10 Gy in 4 fractions. A staging CT thorax and abdomen at this time showed no evidence of Spontaneous regression (SR) of cancer is a rare but well-