Spontaneous regression of melanoma. Report of a case

Abstract

ELANOMA IS PROBABLY the most discour-M aging of a11 the malignant tumors to treat. From that standpoint, the following case may be of interest. So far I have not been able to find a similar case in the English literature. R. R., a 30-year-old white woman, was first seen on February 14, 1949, for a tumor of the right breast. She had had a painless lump in the right breast for one year but in the past five months the tumor seemed to have increased rapidly in size and had become slightly painful. For three years, she had had a painless mass in the left inguinal region. About five or six months ago she had also noticed a mass in the left arm near the shoulder and, in the past three to four months, several small tumors in the abdominal wall and back. The patient stated that she had had a ringworm infection of the left shoulder, which had been successfully treated by a local physician. The medication used was not known.