Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A rare diagnosis on cervicovaginal cytology.
Cervicovaginal smear screening is well known to reduce morbidity and mortality rates of invasive cervical carcinoma. Herein, we report a case of 56-year-old woman whose cervicovaginal smear was found to consist of malignant cells characterized by high nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio, scant rim of cytoplasm, coarsely granular nuclear chromatin and irregular nuclear membrane that were all reminiscent of a malignant lymphoma. Histopathological examination of the hysterectomy and unilateral adnexectomy specimen confirmed the presence of a diffuse large B-cell non Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the cervix, endometrium, myometrium, serosa and the right ovary.
Department of Pathology, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
Tulin
T
Yalta
Ebru
E
Taştekin
Fulya Öz
FÖ
Puyan
Ufuk
U
Usta
Meltem
M
Azatçam
Semsi
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Altaner