Open AccessSpontaneous Remission of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma in the Stomach and the Continuation of Remission for 10 Years
Author(s) -
Toshiro Sugiyama,
Kotaro Arita,
Eiji Shinno,
Takahiko Nakajima
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
case reports in gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1662-0631
DOI - 10.1159/000494750
Subject(s) - medicine , complete remission , spontaneous remission , diffuse large b cell lymphoma , stomach , lymphoma , continuation , gastroenterology , chemotherapy , pathology , alternative medicine , computer science , programming language
According to the literature, spontaneous remission of aggressive lymphomas is extremely rare; gastric non-Hodgkin lymphomas, such as mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas, often regress due to Helicobacter pylori treatment or no progression, even in a watch-and-wait strategy. Although spontaneous remission of diffuse large B cell lymphomas in the stomach was very rarely reported, the follow-up periods of the cases of spontaneous remission are within 2 years and most cases are likely to relapse after the first remission. Here, we report that a diffuse large B cell lymphoma in the stomach showed spontaneous remission within 2 months after the initial diagnosis and the remission is still continuing for 10 years without any specific treatments against this aggressive lymphoma.