Lymphoma of the female genital tract: a clinicopatholngical analysis of 25 cases.

ABSTRACT: Occurrence of lymphoma of the female genital tract (FGT) is extremely rare, and cohort studies on survival rates of affected patients are sparse. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of patients diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the FGT. This study included 25 women diagnosed with lymphoma of the FGT. Their data on presenting pathological subtype, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and Ann Arbor staging, International Prognostic Index (IPI) score, treatment, and survival time were collected. Among the 25 patients, the most prevalent histological subtype was diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (23/25). Tumors were most commonly located in the ovary (15/25), with the remainder located in the cervix (7/25) and u

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6789275 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature