Involvement of the local immune response in a case of advanced cervical cancer in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Gynecol Obstet Invest. 1993;36(1):62-4. doi: 10.1159/000292597.

Abstract

Although patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have frequently accompanying malignancies, there are few documented cases in the literature of advanced cervical cancer patients with SLE. This report describes a case of advanced cervical cancer in a 39-year-old patient with a 20-year history of SLE (FIGO stage IIIb) and evaluates the immunological response of the tumor. The clinical course of this patient with SLE, with rapid growth of cervical cancer and a poor prognosis, may suggest that T cells play a key role in the growth of cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / immunology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance / immunology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / complications
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / immunology*