Primary malignant lymphoma of the uterine cervix associated with cold-reacting autoantibody-mediated hemolytic anemia.
A 66-year-old woman presented with autoimmune hemolytic anemia of the cold antibody type as one of the first symptoms of a non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) localized primarily in the uterine cervix. Cold-reacting autoantibody-mediated hemolytic anemia is a rare complication of NHL. Its occurrence as one of the presenting symptoms of NHL is even more unusual. The incidence of a primary malignant lymphoma in the genital tract is low. The combination of these phenomena in one patient make this case unique in the English literature.
D000368:Aged; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*