title: [A clinicopathologic analysis of primary ovarian non-Hodgkin's lymphoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the clinicopathologic manifestations and to investigate the clinicopathologic features and diagnosis of primary ovarian non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study of clinicopathology was made for 15 cases of primary ovarian non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. The histological classifying was based on the WHO classification for tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues (2001). Immunophenotype analysis was made by SP method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This kind of tumor was accounted for 0.56% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) received in the same period. In all 15 cases, the patients of stage III and IV were 12 (80%), and stage I and II were 3 cases (20%). Histological classification: all 15 cases (100%) were diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), centroblast or immunoblast types. All patients had received operation; three of them also received chemotherapy of CHOP or COMP. The follow-up data was available for 4 cases, and all of them died within period of 21 days to 18 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary ovarian non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is rare and the prognosis is usually poor. Establishment of the diagnosis is based on pathological biopsy and immunophenotype analysis. Owing to the diagnosis made usually after most cases operated, the surgical treatment is still the essential, and the chemotherapy and radiotherapy are also adjuvant for the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Qiong-lan
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Kai-zuan
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wei-ping
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhi-lan
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Ji-man
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Gan-di
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies