Spontaneous remission of metastases of cancer of the uterine cervix.
BACKGROUND
Spontaneous remission (SR) is the complete or incomplete disappearance of a disease or cancer despite no or inadequate treatment. SR is a rare event, and only 5 cases of SR of carcinoma of the uterine cervix have been reported so far.


METHODS
We report the case of a young woman suffering from carcinoma of the uterine cervix metastasized to the lung, pleura, bone, skin and brain. The primary tumor was removed. After diagnosis of the histologically proven metastases, further palliative treatment was inadequate, except for radiotherapy to the brain. In all other metastases, spontaneous remission occurred. 8 years after the initial diagnosis of metastasis, there is no evidence of active disease.


CONCLUSIONS
SR is a rare but evident phenomenon. Individual features of malignant tumors should be taken into account much more when determining the best treatment for the patient.
Gaussmann
Anke B
AB
Abteilung Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, HELIOS Klinik Huenfeld, Germany. Agaussmann@huenfeld.helios-kliniken.de
Imhoff
Detlef
D
Lambrecht
Eveline
E
Menzel
Christoph
C
Mose
Stefan
S
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*