Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the ovaries and appendix: a case report.
Involvement of the female genital tract by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is extremely rare. Here is the report of a patient who presented as a bilateral malignant ovarian tumour and was diagnosed by laparotomy and subsequent histopathology to have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of both ovaries and appendix. The patient had radical surgery followed by multiagent chemotherapy and is alive without disease at one year of follow-up.
Chawla
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Dhaliwal
L K
LK
Gopalan
S
S
Rajwanshi
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A
D000328:Adult; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy