Cytologic Features of Malignant Lymphoma of the Uterine Cervix: A case report.
- Author:
Nam Hoon KIM
1
;
Chan Kum PARK
;
Young Hyeh KO
;
Moon Hyang PARK
;
Jung Dal LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, HanYang University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cervico-vaginal smear;
Uterine cervix;
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma;
T - cell;
lineage
- MeSH:
Cervix Uteri*;
Chromatin;
Cytoplasm;
Female;
Lymphoma*;
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin;
T-Lymphocytes;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Cytopathology
1995;6(1):76-79
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The uterine cervix is an uncommon site of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Although the cytologic findings of NHLs are well known, most cervicovaginal smear of uterine NHLs give lower diagnostic yield than common epithelial malignancy because abnormal cells do not appear in the sample in the absence of surface ulceration. Herein, we describe cytologic findings of a case of uterine cervical NHL which was initially diagnosed by cervicovaginal smear. The tumor cells were relatively uniform, isolated, large-sized with scanty cytoplasm and round or indented nuclei. The nuclei had stippled chromatin and small nucleoli. Histologically and immunohistochemically the tumor was proven to be large cell lymphoma of T-cell lineage.
