Primary malignant lymphoma of the uterus

Abstract

SYNOPSISThe clinical and pathological findings in a 59-year-old woman with a primary malignant lymphoma of the corpus uteri are described. There was a period of eight months between detection of the uterine lesion and evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. The patient died of disseminated lymphoma, and the distribution of secondary deposits were suggestive of spread via the right ovarian-uterine venous system.

Primary Lymphoma of the Endometrium

“…However, primary lymphoma of the endometrium is extremely rare. 2 There have been several published reports on it. [1][2][3][4][5]7 Cervicovaginal cytology plays a very limited role in the diagnosis of lymphoma of the female genital tract, either as a primary tumor or when there is secondary involvement.…”

“…2 There have been several published reports on it. [1][2][3][4][5]7 Cervicovaginal cytology plays a very limited role in the diagnosis of lymphoma of the female genital tract, either as a primary tumor or when there is secondary involvement. This neoplasm is predomi- Even though primary lymphomas of the female genital, especially of the endometrium, are very rare, they can sometimes be detected on routine cervicovaginal smears.…”

The diagnostic challange of an uterine mass: primary uterine lymphoma

“…According to limited literature primary uterine lymphomas could be managed by TAH BSO, chemotherapy, radiation treatment or combination of both (4) . Depending on published litareture, 3 diagnostic criteria are defined for primary uterine lymphomas, 1) tumour is clinically limited to uterus, 2) no atypical cells in periferal vasculature and bone marrow, 3) presence of at least a few months between genital system lymphomas and secondary involvements (16,17) .…”

Primary Malignant Lymphoma of the Uterine Corpus Diagnosed by Endometrial Cytology

“…Thus, the patient was diagnosed as having primary malignant lymphoma of the uterine corpus. Fox et al 4 proposed the following criteria for uterine origin: (1) clinically confined to the uterus, (2) no evidence of leukemia, and (3) fairly long interval between the appearance of primary uterine lymphoma and secondary tumor when it occurs. Among the 21 cases of primary malignant lymphoma of the uterine cor- …”