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Polish Journal of Pathology
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2/2019
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Case report

Spontaneous pathological complete regression of high-grade triple-negative breast cancer with axillary metastasis

Gábor Cserni
1
,
Orsolya Serfozo
2
,
Éva Ambrózay
2
,
László Markó
3
,
László Krenács
4

  1. Institute of Pathology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
  2. Breast Imaging Unit, Mamma Rt, Kecskemét, Hungary
  3. Departments of Oncology and Surgery, Bács-Kiskun County Teaching Hospital, Kecskemét, Hungary
  4. Laboratory of Tumour Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Szeged, Hungary
Pol J Pathol 2019; 70 (2): 139-143
Online publish date: 2019/09/04
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We report on a breast carcinoma with medullary features diagnosed by core needle biopsy in a 72-year-old woman. Both the primary tumour and its fine needle aspiration-proven, rapidly growing axillary metastasis regressed completely in less than 2 months, by the time surgery was performed. The biopsy of the primary tumour demonstrated a dense stromal infiltrate of CD8+/granzyme B+ activated cytotoxic T-cells suggestive of a robust antitumour immune response. Paradoxically, both tumour cells and tumour infiltrating immune cells demonstrated a diffuse PD-L1 expression, revealing that antitumour immune response has the ability to spontaneously overcome inhibitory mechanisms induced by cancerous growth.
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PD-L1, spontaneous regression, tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes, triple-negative breast cancer

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