A Case of Spontaneous Regression of Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Author:
Gun Young HONG
1
;
Jong Seo PARK
;
Sung Sik RUY
;
Sung Jin KANG
;
Yong An WOO
;
Myung Won KANG
;
Yeun Keun LIM
;
Hyang Soon YEO
;
Hun Nam KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Kwangju Christian Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Spontaneous regression;
Small cell lung cancer
- MeSH:
Aged;
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Dyspnea;
Female;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*;
Thorax
- From:Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
1998;30(6):1294-1298
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Small cell lung cancer is the most aggressive tumor among lung cancers and has a greater tendency to be widely disseminated by the time of diagnosis. Without treatment, the median survial time of small cell lung cancer patients is only 2~4 months. However, though spontaneous regression of the malignant tumor has been frequently reported, spontaneous regression of the small cell lung cancer is rare. In this study a spontaneous regression of the small cell lung cancer is reported, along with a brief review of the literature. A 69 year-old woman was admitted for an evaluation for dyspnea. A chest roentgenogram obtained on admission revealed an abnormal mass shadow at the right hilus. She was diagnosed as having small cell lung cancer through a bronchoscopic biopsy. However this tumor regressed spontaneously without specific treatment after 12 months.
