Spontaneous regression of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma harbouring Epstein-Barr virus: a case report and review of the literature.

@article{citeulike:3152497, abstract = {We report an elderly patient with diffuse large B cell lymphoma harbouring Epstein-Barr virus that showed spontaneous regressions with subsequent relapses three times. The patient died of aspiration pneumonia without any anti-neoplastic treatment 5 years 10 months after the initial onset of lymph node swelling. In the literature, there are several reports of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cases that showed spontaneous regressions without relapse till the last observation. Over half of the cases were the extra-nodal type. The tendency toward regression of swollen lymph nodes detected by clinicians occurs within 2 weeks after biopsy. If the remaining lymph nodes show a tendency to decrease in size after biopsy without any anti-tumor therapies, the patient may develop spontaneous regression.}, address = {Department of Internal Medicine, Fukushima-ken Taiyoh-no-kuni Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.}, author = {Abe, R. and Ogawa, K. and Maruyama, Y. and Nakamura, N. and Abe, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3152497}, issn = {1346-4280}, journal = {Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH}, keywords = {pathophys}, month = {April}, number = {1}, pages = {23--26}, posted-at = {2008-08-24 23:46:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Spontaneous regression of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma harbouring Epstein-Barr virus: a case report and review of the literature.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17510535}, volume = {47}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3152497 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3152497 N2 - We report an elderly patient with diffuse large B cell lymphoma harbouring Epstein-Barr virus that showed spontaneous regressions with subsequent relapses three times. The patient died of aspiration pneumonia without any anti-neoplastic treatment 5 years 10 months after the initial onset of lymph node swelling. In the literature, there are several reports of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cases that showed spontaneous regressions without relapse till the last observation. Over half of the cases were the extra-nodal type. The tendency toward regression of swollen lymph nodes detected by clinicians occurs within 2 weeks after biopsy. If the remaining lymph nodes show a tendency to decrease in size after biopsy without any anti-tumor therapies, the patient may develop spontaneous regression. IS - 1 JF - Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH SN - 1346-4280 AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Fukushima-ken Taiyoh-no-kuni Hospital, Fukushima, Japan. EP - 26 TI - Spontaneous regression of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma harbouring Epstein-Barr virus: a case report and review of the literature. VL - 47 SP - 23 KW - pathophys AU - Abe, R AU - Ogawa, K AU - Maruyama, Y AU - Nakamura, N AU - Abe, M PY - 2007/04// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17510535 ER -