Transient spontaneous regression of an anterior mediastinal mass.
A case of spontaneous regression of lymphoma is presented. Regression of the tumor occurred during an episode of mechanical small bowel obstruction. Elevated circulating endogenous corticosteroids are thought to have acted against the tumor cells.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D011859:Radiography