title: Primary malignant lymphoma of the ovary: an unusual presentation of a rare disease.
abstract: Because the outcome of patients with primary ovarian non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is controversial, we present the incidental finding of a primary malignant lymphoma of the ovary in a 50-year-old patient. Three and a half years following ablative surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy, the patient is alive and disease free. Ovarian lymphoma is a disease of reportedly poor prognosis. However, many previously reported cases of ovarian lymphoma actually represented ovarian involvement by a more diffuse lymphomatous process. If stringent criteria are used for case selection, true primary ovarian lymphoma is a very rare disease and usually carries a favorable prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mansouri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sifat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaye
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hassouni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansouri
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: El Gueddari
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016400:Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed