Primary extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma ("nasal type") of the endometrium: report of an unusual case diagnosed at autopsy.
Primary natural killer (NK)/T cell lymphoma of the female genital tract is extremely rare. We here report the case of a "nasal type" NK/T cell lymphoma arising in the uterus. The diagnosis was established only at autopsy.
Briese
Juliane
J
Department of Gynaecopathology, Institute of Pathology, University Clinic, Martinistrasse 52, DE-20246 Hamburg, Germany. j.briese@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Noack
Frank
F
Harland
Albrecht
A
Horny
Hans-Peter
HP
D000368:Aged; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000378:metabolism; D001344:Autopsy; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor