Ugajin, Motoi and Kani, Hisanori (2019) A Case of Spontaneous Regression of Pulmonary Small Cell Carcinoma. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 6 (8). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
An 82-year-old man was examined using chest computed tomography after treatment for pneumonia. Imaging showed a nodular shadow in the left lower lobe with associated enlarged lymph nodes. A polypoid tumour was observed on bronchoscopic examination, and the histological findings showed pulmonary small cell carcinoma with infiltration of CD3-positive and CD8-positive lymphocytes. The patient declined any antitumoural therapy and experienced an exacerbation of heart failure treated with atrial natriuretic peptide. Eighteen months after the diagnosis, the polypoid tumour had disappeared. T lymphocyte-mediated immunity and the antitumoural effects of atrial natriuretic peptide may have influenced the observed spontaneous regression.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Spontaneous regression, pulmonary small cell carcinoma, T lymphocyte-mediated immunity, atrial natriuretic peptide |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2020 20:44 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2020 20:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19504 |
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