title: Spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases from a malignant phyllodes tumor.
abstract: We report a case of spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases from a malignant phyllodes tumor. A 50-year-old woman was diagnosed with a breast phyllodes tumor. Computed tomography and positron emission tomography revealed multiple lung metastases. She underwent a mastectomy to control the pain of the enlarging breast mass. Histopathologic examination diagnosed a malignant phyllodes tumor. Without the administration of any adjuvant therapy, the follow-up chest computed tomography scan and positron emission tomography scan showed disappearance of the lung metastases 2 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and General Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadatomo
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hozumi
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiozawa
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koinuma
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurihara
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed