Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3949477 | Gynécologie Obstétrique & Fertilité | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report two cases of spontaneous regression of breast cancer occurred in our institution. It was about a 34- and an 82-year-old patient. The examination revealed a palpable nodule. In both cases, biopsy revealed a negative immunohistochemical staining for estrogen and progesterone receptors, and HER-2Â negative. Histological analysis of the surgical specimen found fibrous tissue rearrangement without carcinoma. In the first case, a sarcoidosis was diagnosed at the same time, the mediastinal nodes mimicked a metastatic cancer. These cases illustrate a rare phenomenon. The main hypothesis is a carcinoma- directed immune response triggered by the biopsy.
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Authors
L. Maillet, N. Chopin, I. Treilleux, T. Bachelot, O. Tredan, C. Faure, C. Caux, F. Beurrier,