Intralesional and subcutaneous application of Viscum album L. (European mistletoe) extract in cervical carcinoma in situ: A CARE compliant case report.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the uterine cervix is a premalignant condition of squamous epithelium. The standard treatments are excision and ablation procedures; for women with positive margins, hysterectomy is recommended.

Patient concerns

A 47-year-old Peruvian woman with recurrent candidal vaginitis had been diagnosed with colpocervicitis and squamous metaplasia 8 years ago, which were not treated.

Diagnoses

The patient was diagnosed with CIS after cervical conization procedure. She refused radical hysterectomy and opted for integrative medicine treatment.

Interventions

She was treated with intralesional and subcutaneous Viscum album L. extract (VAE) injections. VAE is a widely used herbal cancer treatment with cytotoxic, apoptogenic, and immunologic

SUBMITTER: Reynel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6283068 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature