A Case of extranodal lymphoma (reticulum cell sar coma) originated from uterine cervix

Abstract

This paper presents an extremely rare case of extra nodal lymphoma of the uterine cervix in a 57year-old multiparous woman. The histology of this case should be classified into histiocytic malignant lymphoma (re ticulum cell sarcoma) by the Rappaport classification of malignant lymphomas. Cytology in this case was a poor ly differentiated reticulum cell sarcoma whose cells it was necessary to differentiate from those of lympho sarcoma.
The patient was treated by external radiation therapy with the telecobalt unit up to 1, 000 rads, following a simple hysterectomy. Unfortunately, she died in a rapid course of two month duration after onset of the disease. Perhaps, her acute death may be explained by the fact that she had already been in the advanced stage in view of the clinical and laboratory findings, and also of the studies of the removed specimens.