Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3949477 Gynécologie Obstétrique & Fertilité 2014 4 Pages PDF
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-2 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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