Une surprenante régression de fibroxanthome atypique

Spontaneous Regression of Atypical Fibroxanthoma of the Hand

“…Furthermore, the metastatic potential is low. Spontaneous regression is an exceptional phenomenon and only a few cases have been reported in literature [7,8]: The team at the Boulogne-sur-mer reported the case of an 81year-old male with retroauricular fibroxanthoma receiving initial surgical removal with early local recurrence at 3 weeks post-operative which spontaneously regressed within 6 weeks [7]. A possible immune response is suspected to be at the origin of this evolution, as is the case with Merckel tumor for which biopsy could be the cause of a systemic leakage of few tumoral cells which activates an immune response leading to tumor apoptosis .…”