Sethi AK, Haq B. A Patient With Regressed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma and Aggressive Follicular Lymphoma.
Cureus 2021;
13:e15275. [PMID:
34194878 PMCID:
PMC8235008 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.15275]
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Abstract
Diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL) are the two most aggressive forms of non‐Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs). Spontaneous remission of DLBCL is a rare phenomenon. Immune system activation has been observed to play a significant role in the regression of untreated disease on some occasions. We present a case of DLBCL in a 75-year-old male patient who has been free of disease for two months without any treatment due to possible immune-related mechanism, but later he presented with FL.
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