title: Primary malignant lymphoma of the uterine cervix.
abstract: Primary malignant lymphoma of the female genital tract is an extremely rare clinical entity. We report a case of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the uterine cervix. An 85-year-old woman presented with abnormal genital bleeding. A colposcopic examination revealed a mass in the uterine cervix. No other lesions were detected by the whole-body CT, gallium scintigraphy and bone marrow examination. The histological examination and immunohistochemical staining of the cervical biopsy material confirmed a diagnosis of diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the uterine cervix, clinical stage 1E (according to the Ann Arbor Staging Classification for Lymphomas). The patient was treated with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, vincristine (oncovin) and prednisone. Her family refused surgery and involved field irradiation. She was in good condition but after 5 months she expired due to myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran. binesh44@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Binesh
authors.forename: Mojgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karimi zarchi
authors.forename: Hasanali
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vahedian
authors.forename: Yavar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rajabzadeh
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D003127:Colposcopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents