Spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastatic melanoma

Spontaneous regression of metastatic melanoma is a rare event with only 76 cases having been reported since 1866. The precise mechanism of regression remains unknown. We present a case of a man with spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastatic melanoma confirmed on histopathology accompanied by re...

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Autores principales: Ong, Sook Fen, Harden, Michael, Irandoust, Shabnam, Lee, Richard Wai Wing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.138
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Harden, Michael
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description Spontaneous regression of metastatic melanoma is a rare event with only 76 cases having been reported since 1866. The precise mechanism of regression remains unknown. We present a case of a man with spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastatic melanoma confirmed on histopathology accompanied by reduction in fluorodeoxyglucose‐activity on serial positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan.
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spelling pubmed-47220932016-02-02 Spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastatic melanoma Ong, Sook Fen Harden, Michael Irandoust, Shabnam Lee, Richard Wai Wing Respirol Case Rep Case Reports Spontaneous regression of metastatic melanoma is a rare event with only 76 cases having been reported since 1866. The precise mechanism of regression remains unknown. We present a case of a man with spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastatic melanoma confirmed on histopathology accompanied by reduction in fluorodeoxyglucose‐activity on serial positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4722093/ /pubmed/26839692 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.138 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.138
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