title: Primary malignant lymphoma of the uterine cervix. A clinicopathological evaluation of 3 cases.
abstract: Three cases of primary malignant lymphoma of the uterine cervix are presented; 1 in pre- and 2 in postmenopausal women. Two presented clinically with bleeding, one with pelvic discomfort. Histologically all were B cell lymphomas, two high, one low malignancy. Radiotherapy to the whole pelvis followed hysterectomy in 2 patients and in one wasthe primory modality. One of the patients was also treated with chemotherapy for dissemination within the abdomen and CNS. Two patients died, one is well at 38 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathomorphology, Cancer Centre and Institute Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Maryniak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasierowska-Guttmejer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D017697:Premenopause; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy